roadblocked

verb

Definition of roadblockednext
past tense of roadblock
as in blocked

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  1. blocked
  2. barricaded
  3. blockaded
  4. arrested
  5. mired
  6. retained
  7. bound
  8. tied
Verb
  • The pain behind the ear pressure is a result of the Eustachian tube being blocked from other outside factors including allergies and infections — with kids being more susceptible due to having smaller Eustachian tubes.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But he was blocked in the courts.
    — Tyche Hendricks, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of blocked
Verb
  • They could be stashed behind bedroom doors, tucked in the back of a closet, hidden in suitcases or barricaded behind books.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • An overnight standoff in Scottsdale resulted in the arrest of a gun-wielding man, but not before nearby apartments were evacuated and 64th Street was barricaded for hours.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of barricaded
Verb
  • Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center.
    — Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of blockaded
Verb
  • Police say she was arrested and charged with OVI.
    — Mike Schell, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article A man was arrested last week after investigators allegedly found his DNA on a ghost gun that was thrown from a vehicle involved in a police pursuit on Interstate 95 in New Haven in December 2022.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • That was the reason why he was surprisingly selected after the struggles of new opener Nathan McSweeney, who like the older Australian top-order batters had been mired in quicksand against Bumrah.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Last year around this time, the mood was much different in Detroit, as the Pistons were mired in a 25-game losing streak en route to what would become the longest single-season losing skid in NBA history.
    — Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of mired
Verb
  • Leicester have retained their former men’s training ground, Belvoir Drive, just outside the city centre, which is situated in a housing estate, and there is so far no information on the Land Registry of a sale.
    — Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Producers hold onto their rights and their IP and the value from our spend is retained in the UK, not across the Atlantic.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of retained
Verb
  • There are frequent shots of monkeys around this season’s White Lotus, glaring on branches just out of reach, occasionally bounding down and startling the guests.
    — Joe Joyce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The majestic views changed instantly after rounding a bend revealed an out-of-control fire bounding up the canyon.
    — Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Definition of bound
Verb
  • After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But the Vikings are just as formidable — top 10 in points for and against and tied for the most takeaways in football.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of tied
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