blockage
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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
But the sinus’s drainage pathways go direct into the nose, making it prone to regular blockage and infection, a developmental byproduct rather than a purposeful adaptation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“For markets, the Strait is the only thing that matters, because its blockage was most pernicious for the global economy,” said Thierry Wizman, a strategist at Macquarie Group.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Output could grow by just 1.3% under a scenario in which an extended blockage of the Strait of Hormuz helped trigger a sharp fall in equity prices and a steep rise in bond yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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
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
The net’s original designers dealt with that imperfection by providing for the network to steer data away from blockages or other problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
They’ve complained about TikTokers trespassing onto countryside farms, tourists defecating on private property and near-fist fights over trailhead parking—not to mention unsafe traffic blockages on narrow roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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