blocking
Example Sentences
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This game began, appropriately enough, with Angela Dugalic blocking Aston Judd’s shot and then glaring at her as the Longhorn lay in a heap.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The agent managed to rewrite its own code to avoid the kill switch, then posted about the blocking.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
Anthropic says it is looking to resolve an issue which is blocking users of its AI coding tool.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The fog acts as a canopy, blocking winter sun from warming the buds prematurely and keeping valley temperatures in that critical range.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
But the agreement would finally close the state land, rather than just blocking the road.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
