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as in impeded
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions
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as in jammed
to prevent passage through by filling with something
at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck
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Recent Examples of obstructed
Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In May 2018, she was diagnosed with aortic stenosis, a condition where the aortic valve, which controls blood flow from the heart to the body, becomes narrowed or obstructed.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Women are barred from ordination in the Catholic Church, and the disagreement has obstructed attempts to bring the churches together.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Comey is alleged to have obstructed Congress by lying to a Senate committee in 2020 while being questioned about probes into Trump in 2016, according to the indictment.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors say Comey lied about authorizing an FBI source to speak to the media about the investigation and obstructed Congress by making false statements intended to impede lawmakers’ probe into the FBI’s actions, according to a copy of the indictment obtained by The Washington Post.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Wakanda Forever — wore a white Lever Couture gown with an exaggerated standup collar, which obstructed the view of attendees sitting behind her and caused a frenzy of social-media chatter.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Ogles launched a congressional probe into O’Connell, claiming his administration obstructed ICE operations.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Gone were the giant inflated Brown statues that appeared during recent Breezy Bowl shows (and at his Tycoon Music Festival appearance here in April), which prompted concertgoer complaints about obstructed views.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In May 2018, she was diagnosed with aortic stenosis, a condition where the aortic valve, which controls blood flow from the heart to the body, becomes narrowed or obstructed.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Women are barred from ordination in the Catholic Church, and the disagreement has obstructed attempts to bring the churches together.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Comey is alleged to have obstructed Congress by lying to a Senate committee in 2020 while being questioned about probes into Trump in 2016, according to the indictment.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors say Comey lied about authorizing an FBI source to speak to the media about the investigation and obstructed Congress by making false statements intended to impede lawmakers’ probe into the FBI’s actions, according to a copy of the indictment obtained by The Washington Post.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Wakanda Forever — wore a white Lever Couture gown with an exaggerated standup collar, which obstructed the view of attendees sitting behind her and caused a frenzy of social-media chatter.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Ogles launched a congressional probe into O’Connell, claiming his administration obstructed ICE operations.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obstructed
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Meanwhile, Simmons’ financial liabilities don’t seem to have impeded his movements.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Gaza desperately needs items that the Israeli government has frequently impeded, such as emergency shelter supplies, infrastructure reconstruction materials, medical supplies, fuel, and power generation.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
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China also remains blocked from accessing the highest-end US chips, a key weapon in the high-stakes AI race playing out between the two countries.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Thai restaurant received a yellow placard after inspectors discovered the handwashing sink was blocked with a funnel and dish soap.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hubbard has been somewhat hampered by injury this season, missing two of his team's eight games.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just assessing the damage could take weeks, and airport closures have hampered recovery efforts.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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When pirating hindered the shipping of gold to Lisbon, Paraty pivoted to farming sugarcane (the basis of cachaça) and later became one of the earliest hubs for coffee growing in a country that is still the globe’s largest exporter of beans.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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At an October debate, Bowman tried to portray Pureval as soft on crime and alleged that unspecified initiatives from City Hall had hindered police from doing their jobs.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Obstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstructed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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