blocked
Example Sentences
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Sable acquired the project and repaired the pipeline, but state officials have blocked oil flows from resuming.
“We won’t unpack them yet. We need to get these big ones opened first so the entrance isn’t blocked.”
From Literature
Judges in New York and Washington blocked those repeals and said the high court had given “no explanation” for its decision upholding the repeal for Venezuelans.
From Los Angeles Times
Murphy blocked the votes taken by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from taking effect and put on hold the new committee appointments.
Other lower courts blocked the administration from ending protections for Haiti, Syria and Myanmar.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
