blockage
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The longer the blockage lasts the greater the impact on global supplies of oil, gas and fertiliser, with a worldwide knock-on impact expected on the prices of fuel, electricity, food and medicines.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The spacecraft has been rotated to face the sun to "bake off any ice" and heaters have been activated, "and we still see blockage," he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
The effective blockage of the lane has disrupted supplies of other key commodities too, like fertilizers, and has been a major sticking point in resolution efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
He set about explaining heart attacks: the narrowed artery, the blockage, the partial muscle death.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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