blocking
Example Sentences
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For example, follistatin effectively releases the hand brake on muscle development by blocking myostatin, the protein that normally keeps it in check.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Surfshark Starter includes core VPN features such as ad blocking, split tunneling, a kill switch and MultiHop, and is priced at $15.45/month, $3.19/month for the one-year plan and $1.99/month for the two-year plan.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
USA Women head coach Emma Hayes added: "VAR was on and off tonight. I think nine times out of 10 blocking someone off like that is a foul and I was surprised it wasn't given."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The boy whose locker was next to mine stepped up, blocking my view of Alyx and Julia.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
