obstructor
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obstructors
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He told Bell he'd like to see Priebus tell the obstructor, Virginia's Bob Goodlatte, to "stop blocking the bill."
From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016
On this the cure agreed to marry the young couple next day at ten: and the professional obstructor of bliss went home with Gerard's angel.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade
There was something in his tone—perhaps a faint suggestion of irony—which made his elevation of his obstructor to exalted rank less agreeable to that worthy warrior than promotion is commonly found to be.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Ambrose Bierce
Amid such cries of virtuous indignation, Fisher minor was hauled in, and his obstructor, by the same coup de main, excluded.
From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Talbot Baines Reed
Be so good as to let me pass, sir,” she added, looking her obstructor steadily in the face.
From Anna the Adventuress by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Arulpragasam keeps a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy-style list in her head, identifying potential enemies, obstructors.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
A few of her presumed obstructors cannot be named here for legal reasons.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
Teddy rushed through the crowd, pushing obstructors aside, and hurled himself through the window into the burning car.
From The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Edgar B. P. Darlington
In France not all the difficulties one meets with en route are willful obstructors of one's progress.
From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
These are obstructors by construction No. 1; they must have been several thousands in number.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker
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