blockage
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Like a traffic jam, even a small blockage in a single sea lane can snarl backward long after the wreckage clears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The figures suggest that the war in the Middle East did nothing to dent AI demand, despite some worries about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting helium shipments.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
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
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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