blockage
Example Sentences
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The crew were candid about a persistent blockage in the toilet's primary vent line, saying it got "clogged up".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The figures suggest that the war in the Middle East did nothing to dent AI demand, despite some worries about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting helium shipments.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
“The U.S. stepping back from physically reopening the artery means the market now has to price a world where the blockage lingers, but the war premium fades at the margin,” Innes said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
And sometimes a slicer is not working fast enough but the bread keeps coming and there is a blockage.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
Vocabulary lists containing blockage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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