How to Use blockage in a Sentence
blockage
noun- He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.
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Someone that has a blockage in the gland, that’s not the case.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Dec. 2024
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Some of the problems can be blamed on the six-day-long blockage of the Suez Canal in March.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 May 2021
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But just a little blockage between me and the noise of the house.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 25 Feb. 2025
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How was the train just sitting there on the other side of the blockage?
—Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
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Through a blood vessel in the groin, a tube is guided to a blockage in the heart.
—Gina Kolata, SFChronicle.com, 16 Nov. 2019
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On the menu today: big ships, the bank effect, and the last Suez blockage.
—Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 25 Mar. 2021
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The heat and force should help turn the blockage into smaller bits.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
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The best way to deal with this is warm compresses to help loosen the blockage.
—Maria Del Russo, Woman's Day, 3 Apr. 2020
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The blockage forces the heart to work harder and can lead to cardiac damage.
—The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
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If there was, the injured tissue had to be removed and the blockage opened.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
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If the pain centers on the forehead, that may indicate a blockage in the carotid artery in the neck.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
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The Games were held less than a year after his first wife, Kath Stevens, died of a blockage in her brain.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
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The blockage added to a series of events that have wreaked havoc on the world’s supply lines.
—Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 23 June 2021
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The Russian blockage of millions of tons of grain has led to food shortages in Africa and Asia.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
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Tess returns, taking them on a route around the blockage.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
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Things might take longer now, but there won’t be a total blockage.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2022
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The fatty deposits can block the flow of oxygen and blood that the heart needs to work and the blockage can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
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In such a situation, the WCS can reroute totes around the blockage.
—Steve Banker, Forbes, 19 May 2021
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The kind of heart attack caused by that blockage is known as the widow maker.
—Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2021
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With the grates removed, light your grill and inspect the burner tubes for any blockages.
—Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2018
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The blockage was created by a disc that had found its way into the storm drain.
—Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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Will another incident such as a tsunami or the Suez Canal blockage stop the flow of goods to the West and the rest of the world?
—Cyrus Hadavi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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Hundreds of other ships waited in place for the blockage to end.
—Samy Magdy, ajc, 23 May 2021
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That triple-alliance is fading and with it the blockage of Central Asia.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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The blockage has ignited wild price swings for crops and the cost of transporting them.
—New York Times, 28 July 2022
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The fallout from the Suez Canal blockage is spreading through the oil and gas industry.
—Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
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The closure lasted so long because of the lane blockage and debris from the crash, the two agencies said.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
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With a simple swipe, the blockage cleared, and the water drained instantly.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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These tests allow your healthcare provider to see your digestive tract and detect any blockages.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 8 Apr. 2025
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