blocking
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Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has ordered officials to "get on with the job" of building one of Northern Ireland's biggest road projects after a court ruling blocking the work was overturned.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In early mouse embryos, blocking E-cadherin caused dying cells to remain uncleared.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
Justice Goodwin Liu’s concurring opinion in that case urged local election administrators to be prepared to seek a court order blocking any attempted seizure.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A drive-in sits in the center of a huge clearing, the surrounding trees blocking out the town’s bustling sounds and creating the illusion that we’re far away.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing blocking
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 5
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
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