blocked
Example Sentences
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The protesters have blocked trucks from "entering and leaving the terminal," Cargill said in a statement sent to AFP, adding it has "no authority or control" over their complaints.
From Barron's
If trade routes are blocked, the price of pork—the primary protein for 1.4 billion people—skyrockets, risking domestic instability.
The derailed train blocked the depot, preventing other trains from leaving.
From BBC
But the administration encountered an unexpected degree of resistance from angry and organized locals, who blocked the cars of federal agents and blew whistles to warn locals that ICE was approaching.
A Brentwood couple is suing the city of Los Angeles and Mayor Karen Bass, claiming their constitutional rights were violated when city officials blocked them from demolishing the home where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962.
From Los Angeles Times
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