blocking
Example Sentences
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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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