blocking
Example Sentences
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"We decided to use new technologies to try to fill this knowledge gap and we ended up taking a critical step toward blocking one of the world's most common viruses."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
For decades, the Great Firewall worked because information control meant controlling distribution channels by blocking websites, filtering search results, and monitoring social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Instead of broadly blocking all BET proteins through their shared chromatin-binding ability, future therapies could focus on the distinct roles of BRD2 and BRD4.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Emergency surgery removed a blood clot that was blocking 90% of one of her arteries, and she was told by doctors she was lucky to be alive.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
I walked over to him, blocking him from Mamá and the rest of my hermanitas, getting into his face.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing blocking
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
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