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blocking

[blok-ing] / ˈblɒk ɪŋ /














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Some administration officials privately researched Sacks’s businesses to see if the venture investor could personally profit by blocking regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Locals have volunteered to scour for rare bats in the woods in the hope of blocking the development on environmental grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Solorio rarely faced defensive pressure because of strong blocking from his offensive line.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Because IL1RAP acts as a shared control point for multiple inflammatory signals, blocking it may interfere with a much broader tumor-supporting network.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

Around him, the trails of fire were converging, moments from blocking his path to the stairs.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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