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The rest of the drop was largely due to a sharp increase in oil and fuel prices sparked by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, which depressed consumption of petroleum products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

OSA is caused by a blocked airway, so a patient may grind their teeth to move the blockage in order to be able to breathe again.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The Supreme Court has directed states to prevent the blockage of elephant corridors -- routes used by herds to move between rapidly shrinking habitats -- and ordered a survey to identify obstructions along those routes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

The U.A.E. has managed to steer much of its oil around the blockage in Hormuz by piping it across the desert to its eastern coast on the Gulf of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

And sometimes a slicer is not working fast enough but the bread keeps coming and there is a blockage.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

Getting close would require unclogging some daunting blockages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

For one of the optimistic developers of AI, the musically minded computer scientist Marvin Minsky, the Media Lab functioned akin to a surgeon removing blockages to the imagination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

To help ease blockages at the airport, an "automated people mover" train connecting it to the city's sparse subway system was scheduled to go into service in 2023.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Health Secretary Neil Gray said more than £220m had been invested to improve patient flow, enhance capacity and remove blockages keeping patients in hospital longer than necessary.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

These blockages interfere with the brain's ability to clear harmful substances and may appear well before clear dementia symptoms develop.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026