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
According to a tradition, first recorded by Fuller, the obstructor of the success of his suit was the Treasurer, Lord Burghley.
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Edmund Spenser
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
He had to contend against treachery, desertion and want, but rose above all these obstacles, and proved himself the most powerful obstructor that the British columns had to encounter in South Africa.
From In the Shadow of Death by P. H. Kritzinger
On this the curé 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 A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
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
And therefore it is that whether they will or no they are oppressors, or, at best, obstructors.
From A Modern Symposium by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
Once let insight into yourself, your weakness and your real motives creep into your mind and your hate against opponents and obstructors must lessen.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
There are half-a-dozen obstructors, all faddists, but Henslow, with a real case behind him, is sitting tight.
From A Prince of Sinners by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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