blocked
Example Sentences
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It has been blocked by judges across the country and has never been in effect.
From Los Angeles Times
Iran has effectively blocked the strait - one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels - leading to soaring wholesale oil and gas prices.
From BBC
A judge in Brazil has blocked a project to build a zipline connecting the famous Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro to a nearby hill, Morro da Urca.
From BBC
However, within these flipped regions, this mixing is blocked.
From Science Daily
As long as the Strait of Hormuz remains at least partially blocked, oil prices could remain at or close to the triple-digit level.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
