Example Sentences

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To help ease blockages at the airport, an "automated people mover" train connecting it to the city's sparse subway system was scheduled to go into service in 2023.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

There is also a worry about the economic impact of blockages to the Strait of Hormuz – a vital artery of world trade and oil shipments which sits below Iran.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

These blockages interfere with the brain's ability to clear harmful substances and may appear well before clear dementia symptoms develop.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

In recent demonstrations, teams of tiny magnetic robots—each about the size of a grain of sand—cleared blockages in artificial blood vessels by forming chains to push through the obstructions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

The net’s original designers dealt with that imperfection by providing for the network to steer data away from blockages or other problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025