blocked
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ABB confirmed that SoftBank informed it that Chinese regulators blocked SoftBank’s planned acquisition of ABB’s robotics business in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Sites that blocked Google’s AI crawler were much less likely to appear in those AI summaries.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers blocked a major highway and clashed with police on Monday, demanding a monthly minimum wage more than double current pay, as protests spread across industrial hubs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The fall-out comes after unionist anger over Sinn Féin's involvement in protests on Garvaghy Road, which blocked a contentious Orange Order parade from passing along the mainly nationalist street in Portadown, County Armagh.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Even partially blocked by the ship, a mix of sand, water, and wind slaps me across the face.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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