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Recent Examples of blockage
At the hospital, McDowell was informed that surgery was needed to clear the blockage that caused the stroke.
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
The California Highway Patrol took to social media around 5:25 p.m. to announce the blockage and gave the all-clear roughly an hour later.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The child underwent surgery for intussusception − a condition commonly found in children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years, where one intestine slides into the other, causing a blockage, the suit states.
—Mark Harper, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
In January 2023, Claire Barbery from Newquay, England, experienced a blockage in one side of her nose.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
The California Highway Patrol took to social media around 5:25 p.m. to announce the blockage and gave the all-clear roughly an hour later.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The child underwent surgery for intussusception − a condition commonly found in children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years, where one intestine slides into the other, causing a blockage, the suit states.
—Mark Harper, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
In January 2023, Claire Barbery from Newquay, England, experienced a blockage in one side of her nose.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockage
Noun
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Mitigating these risks requires careful planning and compliance, which creates barriers for many.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The order also directs CDPHE to collaborate with other state agencies and offices to identify and remove barriers to vaccination, ensure state health insurance plans and Medicaid cover COVID-19 vaccines and review and revise rules to ensure pharmacies can provide COVID-19 vaccines.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Taxes at that level were essentially a blockade on commerce between the world's two largest economies, causing worries about global growth that led to negotiations that ratcheted down the tariffs being levied by both nations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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About 50 hooded people tried to start a blockade in Bordeaux, while in Toulouse, in the southwest, a fire was quickly extinguished but still disrupted train traffic, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau told reporters early on Wednesday.—
Stephane Mahe,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Robinson was also arrested on charges of obstruction of justice and the felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, authorities said.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Since then, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been taken into custody and is charged with murder, obstruction, and felony firearm charges after allegedly shooting Kirk from a nearby building while the right-wing activist was speaking at a college event in Utah.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Menninger said the stone wall goes around the facade and the empty lot.—
Jason Dill
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The entryway features a front porch and red-hued door flanked by a stone wall.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Anglo-Saxons, who have been given the multiracial treatment by the BBC’s casting directors, are squabbling natives whose weakness invites foreign interference.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Marina took advantage of a couple of penalties to move upfield, a horse collar tackle and a pass interference call where Saporito and Ramos took turns running the ball to move into scoring territory.—
David Delgado,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This means that fuel cells can, theoretically, operate without the infrastructure problems of electric or hydrogen vehicles, but the real obstacle is achieving sheer power in a light, compact engine that is compliant with existing regulations.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Sep. 2025
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This enables the robot to figure out its precise navigation and obstacle avoidance coordinates, with an accuracy down to 2 centimeters.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Legislature needs to stop posturing and take on today’s major impediment to achievement, the teachers unions.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Legislators this summer voted to increase exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA, a watershed law that is sometimes used as an impediment to slow down or stop housing projects.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This also supports the idea that swearing can momentarily activate mental states that reduce inhibition and allow the body and mind to perform at a higher level.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lockwood’s lack of inhibition can lead to trouble.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Blockage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockage. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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