blockage
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The figures suggest that the war in the Middle East did nothing to dent AI demand, despite some worries about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting helium shipments.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Western oil executives warned last week at S&P Global’s CERAWeek conference that blockage of the Strait of Hormuz—through which roughly 20% of global oil supply flows—has tightened physical fuel markets far more than investors realize.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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 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
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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