blockage
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Treasury yields declined as the U.S. blockage of the Strait of Hormuz raised more concerns about economic growth than about inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 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 autopsy report she later received showed my father had had ninety-percent blockage of the arteries before he died of a heart attack at the age of seventy-four.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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