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It comes as a US federal judge issued an order limiting the crowd control tactics that can used by ICE agents towards "peaceful and unobstructive" protesters in Minneapolis.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Judge Menendez's 83-page order bars federal agents from arresting and "using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity".

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Within, the nave presented a clear, unobstructive avenue, from one end of the building to the other, 72 feet in span, and 64 feet in height.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

Equally unobstructive is their garb, few of them having other articles of dress than a breech-clout, leggings, and moccasins, with a rolled-up blanket or serape in reserve.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

His father had already convinced the government that the old London Bridge could never be made sufficient for the traffic, or unobstructive to the navigation.

From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by Parton, James