blocking
Example Sentences
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Sometimes Orange Lutheran will put Rhoa in motion after the snap, blocking multiple players to create a hole for the run game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Stunned walker Canberk Beker could not believe his eyes when he came across a car blocking his way on the Wales Coast Path.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Because IL1RAP acts as a shared control point for multiple inflammatory signals, blocking it may interfere with a much broader tumor-supporting network.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
A day before that incident, hundreds of masked protesters massed in Dover, further east, briefly blocking access to the town's busy Channel port to demonstrate against migrant crossings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tomás slowed the truck and came to a stop a few feet in front of a downed tree blocking the road.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Vocabulary lists containing blocking
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 5
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
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