blocked

Example Sentences

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According to the NHS, it can happen if the electrical impulses in your heart are blocked or delayed.

From BBC

It is largely down to a blocked weather pattern that sent rain into the same parts of the country repeatedly for much of the winter and left others predominantly dry.

From BBC

It found the death rate increased among patients who had severe heart attacks, which refers to when a blood vessel that feeds the heart is completely blocked.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We tried to advance several times, tried signalling to them to let us reach the child, but we were completely blocked," Fouqha said.

From BBC

One of his aunts who is from Tepatitlán and a U.S. citizen tried to return to California on Sunday, but the vehicle she was traveling in was blocked on its way to the airport.

From Los Angeles Times