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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
Verb
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
Adjective
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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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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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was the first time since June 10 of that year, when Draymond Green blocked a Kyle Lowry 3-pointer at the buzzer and sent that matchup back to Oakland, that the city had played host to a championship series game.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Scalability is also hampered by using hazardous, non-recyclable solvents in many processes.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Singapore is vulnerable if its sea lines of communication are hindered, as 90 percent of its food is imported and most arrives by sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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 29 Oct. 2025.
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