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blockage

[blok-ij] / ˈblɒk ɪdʒ /


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If the blockage went on long enough, many countries could have entered a recession, which is never good for energy companies.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The crew were candid about a persistent blockage in the toilet's primary vent line, saying it got "clogged up".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 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




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