roadblocking

verb

present participle of roadblock
as in blocking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblocking
  1. blocking
  2. delaying
  3. barricading
  4. blockading
  5. braking
  6. retaining
  7. arresting
Verb
  • Concerns about noise, environmental impacts, and the approval process led to lawsuits and a temporary court order blocking Westlake from advancing the project's development agreement.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Hyde-Smith did not change her mind about blocking his nomination.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of blocking
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  • Californians have kept our end of that bargain, but insurance companies have broken their side of the promise by denying, delaying and underpaying valid claims and dropping coverage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The tool has been blamed by doctors and patients for delaying necessary care.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of delaying
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  • Shawn Valn, 33, was fatally shot by police May 8 after barricading himself inside a Virginia convenience store.
    — Liam Bowman, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Sheriff’s officials said Mullennix pointed a gun at a detective and threatened to shoot him before barricading herself inside the home.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of barricading
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  • The White House has time and again resorted to military force, striking boats in the Caribbean, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, blockading Cuba, and waging war on Iran.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
  • On one side, legions of determined teenagers protesting for their future by blockading schools and taking part in marches that have sometimes spiraled into violence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of blockading
Verb
  • Every car depends on those same four contact patches, whether accelerating onto a straightaway at Road Atlanta or braking for traffic on I-285.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This can instantly pressurize individual shock absorbers to counteract body roll, front-to-rear acceleration pitch and hard-braking dive.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of braking
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  • These connections may experience interference or dropouts independently of the control link, meaning a pilot can sometimes lose the camera feed while retaining control of the aircraft.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Airlines and aircraft operators will be responsible for collecting and retaining each person’s attestation, which must be obtained prior to boarding.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of retaining
Verb
  • Two Northfield, Minnesota, police officers were injured while arresting a woman suspected of driving drunk after a series of hit-and-run crashes that damaged three vehicles and two homes Monday evening, police said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • CoreWeave must show a plan toward profitability to have any prayer of arresting the more than 50% drop in its stock since mid-August.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of arresting
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“Roadblocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblocking. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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