Apparently all the government has to do is invoke the term ‘State Secrets’ and the lawsuit hits in impassable brick wall. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2006 » May] Reference
Leath said many people asked why the roads were referred to as impassable or treacherous instead of closed. From Wordnik.com. [The Times-Journal: News] Reference
The road in the area has been deemed "impassable," he said. From Wordnik.com. [CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports] Reference
»Haniyya says road to Palestinian dialogue looks 'impassable'. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Star > News Feed] Reference
MnDOT advising no travel in Twin Cities; metro buses parked; I-94 in Wis. 'impassable'. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
State police said all other Chicago area expressways were "impassable" and that ramps had three- to four-foot-high drifts. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
"impassable" and the metro stopped all but its underground service. From Wordnik.com. [BBC - Ouch] Reference
The legal hurdles to reviving old currencies are high but not impassable. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Most bridges in northern Bosnia are either down or impassable for heavy loads. From Wordnik.com. ['Hell In A Cold Place'] Reference
When Lee reached the Potomac he found the river so swollen as to be impassable. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Silence spread through the store like an ice floe, huge and impassable. From Wordnik.com. [Changing a Flat] Reference
Arkansas River bank, with the impassable swamp about a mile to its left or rear. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He reported that the bridge was gone, and that the river was deep and impassable. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The stream was for the time truly an impassable torrent, and all hope of crossing by the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Steadied by the heavenly host, Lakey managed to climb down the otherwise impassable cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Angels] Reference
With inclement weather making roads impassable, will he be able to return in time for Christmas?. From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: My Valentine to Patricia Neal] Reference
The rains had been so heavy for some time before that the low-lands had become impassable swamps. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
The roads are impassable; the fields and woods become quagmire's after a few wagons have crossed over. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
With so many people mixing with the GIs, trucks and equipment, the roads became jammed and impassable. From Wordnik.com. ['I've Tried To Repent'] Reference
Why should the toads expect an immediate answer to all the problems of the nest, impassable, non starter. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
The result was that every time the river rises significantly the stones are covered and rendered impassable. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: North Derbyshire] Reference
The heavy rains of a few days before had swelled the stream into a mad torrent, impassable except on bridges. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It was not that large, and if they got tired, or the way turned swampy and impassable, they could always turn back. From Wordnik.com. [A Theology of Anorexia] Reference
By the time they could be taken off, the rains had made the roads almost impassable, and they could not all be used. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
The roads have now become so impassable that ambulances with wounded men can no longer run between here and Fredericksburg. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
In spite of the fact that I had nearly 1,000 men continuously at work on the roads, they were at times impassable for wagons. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
After the rain of the night before and the frequent and heavy rains for some days previous, the roads were almost impassable. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
At all events he was beyond aid from us, for the impassable snowdrifts could not be overcome with the means in our possession. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
I had a man in from Alexandria yesterday, who reported the falls or rapids at that place impassable save by the smallest boats. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
There was no road between Burnsville and the position then occupied by Rosecrans and the country was impassable for a man on horseback. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
There had been much rain, and the roads were almost impassable from mud, knee-deep in places, and from wash-outs on the mountain sides. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It had now become evident that the army could not be rationed by a wagon train over the single narrow and almost impassable road between. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The season was bad, the roads impassable for anything except such an army as he had, and I should not have thought of ordering such a move. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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