blocked
Britishadjective
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A planning application to build an 11-foot statue to the monarch in Malmesbury, however, was blocked after residents complained it could damage the roots of three silver birch trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
They left their phones and passports behind and tried to escape by car, but the road was blocked.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
This combined outcome included death from any cause, heart attacks, strokes, and procedures to restore blood flow through narrowed or blocked arteries.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Sites that blocked Google’s AI crawler were much less likely to appear in those AI summaries.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
He yelled so hard, he blocked out the sound of the waves.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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