"block" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- During unrest a year ago, strikes and transportation tie-ups blocked shipments of oilfield equipment.
- The Serbs have blocked shipments from getting through to the besieged Muslims in eastern Bosnia.
- Last year the Government blocked shipments of arms to Bolivia and Panama when it suspected that the weapons were destined for other places, probably the former Yugoslavia.
- Japan has also tried to block shipments of cash and illegal contraband between North Korea and Japan.
- This is evidenced of this is found in the September 2010 incident blocked shipments of rare earth minerals to Japan.
- Alaska has filed suit against the Federal Government to block proposed shipments of plutonium from Europe to Japan that might require a fuel stop in the state.
- Workers in an increasing number of plants are staging work slowdowns, blocking shipments or threatening to strike.
- With Britain locked in a major war with Napoleon's France, its policy was to block American shipments to France.
- Energy Department officials said they were studying whether the Governor had the power to block shipments.
- Last Friday, a Federal judge overturned a jury verdict that had blocked shipments of the clones.
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