blocked
Example Sentences
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The day after that meeting, the war powers resolution was blocked by two votes.
From Los Angeles Times
The incident, Erbes said, echoed ICE’s behavior in the wake of Good’s death, when she was blocked from receiving immediate medical care.
From Salon
Lower courts ruled in her favor and blocked the law, but she didn’t qualify for the team because her times were too slow.
My aunt’s entire head was outside the door now, but her body still blocked me from coming into her room.
From Literature
On Monday, tech giant Meta urged Australia to rethink its teen social media ban, while reporting that it has blocked more than 544,000 Instagram, Facebook and Threads accounts under the new law.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
