blocked

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Max Verstappen has threatened to quit Formula 1 at the end of this season if planned changes to the engine regulations for next year are blocked.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“They blocked access to the beach for some folks, and potentially to emergency responders.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

In El Alto, a predominantly Indigenous suburb of La Paz and a hotbed of dissent, demonstrators briefly blocked access to the city's main international airport.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

"When we compared the spectra during the transit to the baseline, we saw that the atmosphere blocked the wavelengths of starlight absorbed by methane," Bello-Arufe said.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Minutes later they were in the hayloft, with Håkon blocked from the door by some hay bales stacked three high.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack