blockages

plural of blockage

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Noun
  • Families, educators and advocates described barriers to accessing proper support and services.
    Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did away with most barriers such as poll taxes and other forms of voter discrimination targeting Black Americans in the Deep South.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Recent emergencies have included animals falling off a boat, lacerations from dog fights on the beach, clamshell ingestion, sand impaction, which can cause obstructions in the digestive system, and of course Lyme disease.
    Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Once the blockades end, a rebound in demand combined with excess liquidity is expected to drive inflation higher.
    Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Export blockades caused by the Iran war have raised demand for the refinery’s fuels in African countries such as Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Crews can drive directly into rivers or lakes without installing additional equipment, allowing the vehicle to continue moving even when water obstacles stand in the way.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
  • Remember, your perspective shapes your reality—choose to see opportunities over obstacles.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Its settlement and exploitation have been slowed by its distance from the rest of the country and by geographic and climatic impediments to travel and communications.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
  • In a report dated June 15, the system contractor — LAX Integrated Express Solutions — said LAWA project impediments include airport landscaping work, approval delays and impacts from other projects.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The trick is to find workloads that fit within those constraints or can be cleanly split across many small nodes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
  • In a franchise system, innovation has to work for owners with real operating constraints.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The federal government’s relationship with Anthropic, one of the major US AI companies, has hit other snags, as well.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • The material hasn’t suffered any rips or snags, and the dust and dirt it’s collected is easy to wash off.
    Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
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“Blockages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockages. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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