blockages

Definition of blockagesnext
plural of blockage

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Noun
  • By simplifying adaptation and reducing technical barriers, the platform could broaden the use of eco-friendly drones across research and industry.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But the realities of that kind of AI takeover of Hollywood are hindered by multiple barriers to entry, including labor contracts, ongoing copyright questions and actual consumer interest.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But the Scot hooked his second shot from a wet fairway on the 609-yard closing hole — a par 5 that yielded only 10 birdies in the final round — and even after getting relief from temporary immovable obstructions, MacIntyre could only hit wedge to 30 feet.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But there are wild cards, including potential obstructions from Orion’s solar arrays or the body of the spacecraft and uncertainty about how well the vehicle can maintain a consistent orientation.
    Adam Bluestein, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Currently, the Public Works Department uses vehicles as temporary traffic blockades during those events.
    Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The blockades of the past are merely a prelude to those to come.
    Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Whereas waterfalls present fish obstacles in rising above their circumstances, five orders and eight families, from South America, Asia, and Australia, have overcome the impossible.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, the physicists don’t see any insurmountable obstacles.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Dasgupta notes that regular physical activity improves sleep quality by promoting deeper sleep stages, while limiting late-day naps helps prevent impediments to nighttime rest.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Assemblyman David Alvarez, D-Chula Vista, has introduced Assembly Bill 35, with the goal of streamlining the state’s myriad regulatory impediments to the projects funded by the proposition, CalMatters reported.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Even so, supply constraints are unlikely to resolve quickly.
    Jessica Lautz, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Jet fuel prices have doubled over the past month as crude supply problems have translated into supply constraints.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But a redevelopment plan for at least one of those schools, North Fork Elementary, could face some snags.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • On Thursday, Pages had another one of his sensational snags, taking an angle that would’ve made a defensive back proud in pursuit of Geraldo Perdomo’s fly ball to start the seventh.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Blockages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockages. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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