blocking
Example Sentences
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Sometimes Orange Lutheran will put Rhoa in motion after the snap, blocking multiple players to create a hole for the run game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"In that framework, gluons inside a nucleus partially overlap and obscure each other -- similar to layers of clouds blocking sunlight -- reducing the probability of certain particle production processes," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
A day before that incident, hundreds of masked protesters massed in Dover, further east, briefly blocking access to the town's busy Channel port to demonstrate against migrant crossings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Sunday, drivers paraded across the main thoroughfares of Semnan, a city east of Tehran, blocking traffic, according to footage verified by Storyful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I pull the window shade down, blocking out the light.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing blocking
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 5
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
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