blocked
Example Sentences
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After Drexel flew to Beijing to see her father in 2019, authorities also blocked her from leaving the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
A separate effort by court-appointed receiver Gregory Milligan to license the Infowars site to The Onion for $81,000 a month was also blocked by Jones’s request for a stay.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The ball came off the arm of United forward Bryan Mbeumo before the Cameroon international saw a shot blocked by a defender.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The scientists then tested what would happen if they blocked the SF1 neurons from communicating with the rest of the brain.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Either they haven’t blocked this part of her brain, or something in the story broke through to her.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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