blocked

Example Sentences

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When investigators looked inside the home, they found that it did not have working smoke alarms and the main exit was partially blocked by dog crates and other items, according to the document.

From Los Angeles Times

Starlink has failed to secure a licence in neighbouring South Africa, where ownership rules have also blocked its entry.

From Barron's

Passengers should continue to use Glasgow Central's Hope Street and low-level entrances while the main doors are blocked off.

From BBC

But Canberra has redoubled efforts to diversify export markets for farmers since a 2020 dispute with Beijing saw agriculture exports blocked for several years, and then last year's global imposition of US trade tariffs.

From Barron's

"They've pulled in police and fire personnel en masse. If something happens elsewhere, there may be no staff left to respond, and access could be blocked because of the controls," one user wrote on X.

From BBC