blocked
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Australia's highest court in October blocked the expansion of a coal mine in New South Wales, saying that planning bodies had not properly looked at the local impacts of planet-heating emissions from the coal.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Leung was charged in 2003 with obtaining, copying and retaining national security documents, but the U.S. government ultimately blocked the defense from talking to a key witness: her former FBI supervisor, Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Muzz said the man had been permanently blocked from its platform.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
A planning application to build an 11-foot statue to the monarch in Malmesbury, however, was blocked after residents complained it could damage the roots of three silver birch trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
“When people locked arms and blocked the street?”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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