blockages

plural of blockage

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Noun
  • Others delved into the challenges of serving a community with a rapidly growing Haitian community, the second-largest in the state, because of the language and cultural barriers.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Their hard shells act as natural barriers against storm surges and coastal erosion.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If possible, position yourself in a flat, open area with minimal tree cover, rocks, cliffs, or other obstructions that may block the sound of the whistle.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In 2025, Roborock launched a vacuum cleaner with a robotic arm for moving socks and other obstructions out of the way.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The crux will be whether Taiwan can operate, reconstitute, and adapt these weapons systems under actual fire, when blockades, cyberattacks, and massed PLA strikes stress every node of the island’s defense network.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In response, local tourism companies clashed, generating blockades and halting services that marooned global travelers in Aguas Calientes, the remote gateway town where buses snake through the Andes toward the 15th-century Inca citadel.
    Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many obstacles remain to a lasting peace — including whether Israel will pull its military entirely out of Gaza, whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza — but the peace plan may already be shifting the debate around calls to ban and boycott culture coming out of Israel.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The batarangs could hit long-range targets, while the bat-claw brought far-away enemies to Batman and could yank obstacles off walls.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Guterres called for safe access for humanitarian workers, the removal of red tape and other impediments, the rebuilding of Gaza’s shattered infrastructure and funding to meet the immense needs.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lyninger expressed skepticism over how traffic impediments would be defined and what level of street congestion would be permissible.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Carmel city councilors are pushing back against plans from the city to move some public meetings to daytime hours at City Hall, Mayor Sue Finkam's latest proposal to cut down on costs amid budget constraints caused by the state's property tax reforms.
    Jake Allen, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
  • OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has inked a number of blockbuster deals this year, aiming to ease constraints on computing power.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, there remain several potential snags.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Developers have yet to break ground, while people familiar with the matter in the UAE, Nairobi, and Washington catalog problems with the project, extending from grand geopolitics to quotidian financial snags.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Blockages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockages. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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