as in blocking
to prevent passage through by filling with something
the usual weekend traffic congested the region's highways
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These will be of little use to many casual players, though, who may well give up on Silksong after banging their head against a progress-blocking boss for an hour or two.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025 -
There are different types of biologic medicines, but typically, these powerful drugs work for people with a condition like mine by blocking specific inflammatory pathways in your immune system to help control inflammation and pain.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
11 Sep. 2025
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As part of the plea deal, additional charges of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats and resisting or obstructing a peace officer were dismissed, according to court records.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately, North was found guilty of destroying official documents, accepting a home security system as a gift and obstructing Congress in 1989.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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But in conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, Russian forces have extensively used GPS jamming and spoofing to disrupt operations.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Though jamming technology has never been rolled out nationwide, it has been tested on a micro level before.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Congesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congesting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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