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
China is less exposed than other Asian economies to shortages of oil and gas after Tehran's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
According to the report, Brendon also had a “markedly enlarged heart,” “moderate” blockage in some of his left arteries and small bowel inflammation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
And analysts are warning the supply crunch stemming from the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz will last months, if not a year or more—longer than the closure of the Middle Eastern waterway itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The autopsy report she later received showed my father had had ninety-percent blockage of the arteries before he died of a heart attack at the age of seventy-four.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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