blockage

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Inflation expectations have already risen sharply after the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz sent energy costs higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines, have implemented energy-saving measures due to the Strait’s partial blockage.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“The U.S. stepping back from physically reopening the artery means the market now has to price a world where the blockage lingers, but the war premium fades at the margin,” Innes said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The watchers below could see the chocolate swishing around the boy in the pipe, and they could see it building up behind him in a solid mass, pushing against the blockage.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl