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Recent Examples of blockage
Selenite can help Scorpios clear away emotional blockages and stagnant energy, making space for new growth and transformation.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
While gallstones and mild inflammation can cause temporary discomfort, blockages in the gallbladder or bile ducts and infections can be very serious and require emergency medical attention.1
Is gallbladder disease curable?
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Oct. 2024
Both companies decried those allegations, but their blockages were the price their companies had to pay to avoid a bigger legal fight.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024
There were around 140 blockages on state routes Saturday, and that number is expected to go up, Kemp said.
—NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
While gallstones and mild inflammation can cause temporary discomfort, blockages in the gallbladder or bile ducts and infections can be very serious and require emergency medical attention.1
Is gallbladder disease curable?
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Oct. 2024
Both companies decried those allegations, but their blockages were the price their companies had to pay to avoid a bigger legal fight.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024
There were around 140 blockages on state routes Saturday, and that number is expected to go up, Kemp said.
—NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockage
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When asked about the top barrier to deploying AI tools, 36% ranked regulatory compliance first, 30% said difficulty managing risks, and 29% said lack of a governance model.Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Embrace Financial Planning Financial insecurity can be a major barrier for those over 50 considering entrepreneurship.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Last month, China sent naval ships, coast guard vessels, and a record one-day total of 153 aircraft to stage a simulated blockade of its neighbor after the island's president, Lai Ching-te, rejected Beijing's sovereignty claims in a National Day speech.Michael D. Carroll AND Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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And control of the upper chamber has major implications for the new administration — either bolstering the president's agenda, or serving as a blockade for the opposing party.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Following the incident, Stewart was criticized in the media and, in 2003, was indicted on nine counts, including charges of obstruction of justice.Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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According to court documents, she is being charged with one count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death or catastrophic injury and one count of obstruction of justice.Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024
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On the slopes above these pastures are groves of huge, mossy trees, and between the groves, sturdy stone walls climb straight up the fells and carve the mountainsides into great vertical paddocks.Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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The ancient Roman town, encircled by stone walls, evokes the Medieval opulence of the Targaryen stronghold in the NH Collection Cáceres Palacio de Oquendo.Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2024
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The south-facing RGB is also free from interference if the user installs Cherry-profile alternative keycaps on their keyboard.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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August 27 - Special Counsel Jack Smith files a superseding indictment in the election interference case against Trump, slimming down the allegations against Trump in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.CNN, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement World & Nation Israel faces deeper isolation after Netanyahu is targeted for arrest by ICC Nov. 21, 2024 Aid groups say the looting is one of many obstacles to getting food and other vital aid to the territory’s 2.3 million Palestinians.Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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And while Biden never used the bully pulpit to push for it, Manchin and Sinema were the chief obstacles to any kind of filibuster carve-out for voting rights or codifying Roe after the Dobbs disaster.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Plenty of impediments stand in the way of widely implementing AI, largely tied to regulation and incentives.Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
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These actions, if successful, could help protect American (and foreign) firms from foreign government impediments to effective competition.Alden Abbott, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Typically, stress levels are high, inhibitions are low (thank you, heavy pours), and unlikely characters are interacting with each other.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Advil may irritate the gastric lining of the stomach acid due to the inhibition of prostaglandins that protect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract lining.Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Blockage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockage. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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