blocked
Britishadjective
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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
They left their phones and passports behind and tried to escape by car, but the road was blocked.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Dishes filled the sink, laundry baskets overflowed, toys littered the floor, a highchair catcher was crusted with baby food and the small entryway was nearly blocked with returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Sites that blocked Google’s AI crawler were much less likely to appear in those AI summaries.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Why were some of the streets blocked off by big dirt walls?
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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