- present participle of obstruct.
obstructing
Example Sentences
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In December, a Milwaukee federal jury found Dugan guilty of obstructing law enforcement but acquitted her on a charge of concealing a man wanted by immigration authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
On Tuesday, the Federal Network Agency regulator sided with Italo in a case it brought against Deutsche Bahn for obstructing competition.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ken Leech, the former chief investment officer of bond-fund company Western Asset Management, just pleaded guilty in a criminal court in New York to a charge of obstructing justice for giving false and misleading testimony.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Prominent Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital in Lagos of obstructing an inquest into the circumstances surrounding her baby son's death.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
By the end of June, twenty-seven women had been arrested for “causing a crowd to gather and thus obstructing traffic.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
