stopped up
Example Sentences
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With crude exports from Iranian ports effectively stopped up, the country will be deprived of a large chunk of its oil revenues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Others have been stopped up on purpose with cotton balls or whatever else came to hand in an emergency after air valves stuck open.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022
Sater told New York Magazine: “I stopped up to say hello to Donald, and he says, ‘You gotta come here.’”
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2017
Some visitors say it feels like their ears are stopped up, because they hear so much less noise than usual.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2017
Jacob’s feelings raged so hot and confusing that they stopped up his throat.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
