blocking
Example Sentences
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“I just shut down. And I think that’s really the moment I started blocking her out.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
By blocking that light, the coronagraph could allow scientists to detect the much fainter light reflected by planets orbiting nearby.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
It preserves the merger rather than blocking consolidation, while relying on monitoring, production requirements and penalties to limit its consequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
At some firms, aging partners who work well into their 80s are blocking younger talent from leading practices and securing major cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
With his other hand, Ben pushes aside leafy branches blocking our gravel path, and we step into a grassy clearing.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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