blockage
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Some 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas uses the crucial waterway, whose blockage has sent prices soaring globally.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
“In a way, therefore, the U.S. has become indispensable in filling the supply gap created by Iran’s blockage of the Strait.”
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage in the lungs and issues with blood clotting either too much or too little — contributed to his death, People said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The White House keeps claiming that victory is near on Iran, which keeps people aware that the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz could end without warning, Lynch said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
And sometimes a slicer is not working fast enough but the bread keeps coming and there is a blockage.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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