blockage
Example Sentences
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A blockage was reported at the cone crushing plant about lunch time.
From BBC
The oil market’s main worry has been the blockage of the strait, which is locking in millions of barrels a day of supply and causing some production to be shut in.
South East Asia, in particular, is highly exposed to the blockage in the Persian Gulf.
From BBC
The shipping blockage has made Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure in the world economy.
Analysts questioned Nasser about whether the country has been forced to halt some production because of the blockage at the strait.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
