blocked

Example Sentences

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Police cars, fire engines and other vehicles blocked the roads outside.

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

These included the Colombian-American anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez, while Polish MEP Dominik Tarczynski and Ezra Levant, a longtime Canadian supporter of Robinson, also said they had been blocked.

From BBC • May 16, 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

Even partially blocked by the ship, a mix of sand, water, and wind slaps me across the face.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera