blocking
Example Sentences
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For example, the agents circumvented a filter on the website that was blocking their requests for data, she said, ultimately using a technique that the website operators didn’t permit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
A resident told UK media she had alerted emergency services after seeing three vans blocking a road near the village and a group of men wearing hoods and balaclavas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
A shipping disaster in 2021 shows how blocking the strait — and thus severing a link to the Mediterranean Sea — could harm global commerce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
To find a compound capable of blocking BRCT7/8, the researchers screened thousands of chemicals with a combination of computer modeling and laboratory experiments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Instead, seated near, but not blocking the door, was Lincoln's servant, Charles Forbes.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing blocking
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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