blockage
Example Sentences
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The crew were candid about a persistent blockage in the toilet's primary vent line, saying it got "clogged up".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 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
Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Inflation expectations have already risen sharply after the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz sent energy costs higher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 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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