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There is no public transportation, no taxis, people outside the city remain blocked outside and tomorrow will be the same. – Ricardo Gonzlez	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blocked me on Twitter yesterday ,apparently because my critique of her tweets and policies have been too stinging. – Dov Hikind	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The will of 1.4 billion people cannot be blocked or controlled, and of course cannot be shut out. – Geng Shuang	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I had to visit my parents there. Troops had blocked the road with concertina wire. They asked me to go back as there was curfew in the area. – Javed Ahmad	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They would come to the gate where I was living and wanting to see him. I would get reports of this when I was out, oh these people came in a white van blocked the driveway. Refused to leave. I reported that to the police, we actually ended up having to get a restraining order against that home. – Matt Mazzoncini	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Sprint won't survive as a stand-alone company with their current capital structure, if the T-Mobile acquisition is blocked, Sprint will need to find another deal. If they can't find another deal they will likely need to restructure sooner or later. I have a hard time imagining anyone wanting to buy Sprint. – Jonathan Chaplin	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
(The bill) grants ministers so much discretion to demand corrections, takedowns and access to be blocked. – Kirsten Han	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You can even follow Kim Jong Un, his personal activities, while he went out middle of the night in Singapore, all reporters when they knew the information, they could rush to the location trying to get a shot to film what Kim Jong Un did, but here its very hard, they blocked the road a couple of blocks away and police are very strict. – Peter Wang	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We sincerely regret the extended delay customers on the southbound Coast Starlight experienced due to extreme weather issues while traveling with Amtrak, with local power outages and blocked roads, it was decided the safest place for our customers was to remain on the train where we were able to provide food, heat, electricity and toilets. – Scot Naparstek	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Unfortunately, the snakes preferred exit point was blocked after being spooked by Helen sitting down, and it lashed out in fear. – Jasmine Zeleny	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Fortunately, that hasn't happened, the United States negotiators and head of delegation have not been a strong supporter -- but haven't blocked negotiations. – United States	Found on CNN 5 years ago
District Judge Reed O'Connor has declared the individual mandate unconstitutional and the rest of Affordable Care Act invalid, but District Judge Reed O'Connor has not blocked its continued operation. – Tim Jost	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Dust is most likely the reason why the star's light appears to dim and brighten, the new data shows that different colors of light are being blocked at different intensities. Therefore, whatever is passing between us and the star is not opaque, as would be expected from a planet or alien megastructure. – Tabetha Boyajian	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have worked with( Connecticut Democratic Sen.) Chris Murphy twice to have votes, the first time we got 20-something votes. Last time we got I think 44 votes. So, I think if we could get another vote I think we could block them. But as you know, in the Senate, most times you're blocked from having a vote. – Senator Paul	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This kind of social control is against the tide of the world. The Chinese people’s eyes are blinded and their ears are blocked. They know little about the world and are living in an illusion. – Liu Hu	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We're now very confident that DACA will soon meet the same fate as the Obama-era Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program, which the courts blocked after I led another state coalition challenging its constitutionality, our lawsuit is vital to restoring the rule of law to our nation's immigration system. – Ken Paxton	Found on CNN 5 years ago
He blocked me long ago. – Ben Shapiro	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Right now gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale is being blocked by some of our neighboring states, which cuts off our markets in New England. – Shelley Moore	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The ports of entry for those seeking asylum have been blocked, i went out there yesterday with a group of six other members of Congress. We saw the border guard standing there checking papers and only letting those across the bridge who already had visas to come into the United States, or American passports and so forth. They were blocking those who didn't have papers, who would be asserting themselves for asylum. So they're essentially forcing people to cross the border illegally or leave them stranded( on the) very dangerous Mexican side of the border. – Kirstjen Nielsen	Found on CNN 5 years ago
As the initiative for taking up this law during the extraordinary session comes from those who blocked the law, we think that this time we are really going to examine (it). – Modeste Mutinga	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's possible that new explosions will blast through the rubble at the bottom of the vent, and these may or may not be larger than previous explosions, it's also possible that the vent could become permanently blocked, ending the explosions entirely. – Kyle Anderson	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Now we’ve got a president who blocked me on Twitter, so my question is: do I really want to follow that guy? – Stephen King	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
My account was blocked for 8 months, i sent letters to Facebook management for months but there's only an automatic reply saying they have completed your request. – Le Van Dung	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The main target is still security authorities, but we can say that there are alternative (targets) if the main targets are blocked. – Wawan Purwanto	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

There is no public transportation, no taxis, people outside the city remain blocked outside and tomorrow will be the same.

– Ricardo Gonzlez

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blocked me on Twitter yesterday ,apparently because my critique of her tweets and policies have been too stinging.

– Dov Hikind

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The will of 1.4 billion people cannot be blocked or controlled, and of course cannot be shut out.

– Geng Shuang

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I had to visit my parents there. Troops had blocked the road with concertina wire. They asked me to go back as there was curfew in the area.

– Javed Ahmad

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They would come to the gate where I was living and wanting to see him. I would get reports of this when I was out, oh these people came in a white van blocked the driveway. Refused to leave. I reported that to the police, we actually ended up having to get a restraining order against that home.

– Matt Mazzoncini

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Sprint won't survive as a stand-alone company with their current capital structure, if the T-Mobile acquisition is blocked, Sprint will need to find another deal. If they can't find another deal they will likely need to restructure sooner or later. I have a hard time imagining anyone wanting to buy Sprint.

– Jonathan Chaplin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

(The bill) grants ministers so much discretion to demand corrections, takedowns and access to be blocked.

– Kirsten Han

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You can even follow Kim Jong Un, his personal activities, while he went out middle of the night in Singapore, all reporters when they knew the information, they could rush to the location trying to get a shot to film what Kim Jong Un did, but here its very hard, they blocked the road a couple of blocks away and police are very strict.

– Peter Wang

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We sincerely regret the extended delay customers on the southbound Coast Starlight experienced due to extreme weather issues while traveling with Amtrak, with local power outages and blocked roads, it was decided the safest place for our customers was to remain on the train where we were able to provide food, heat, electricity and toilets.

– Scot Naparstek

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Unfortunately, the snakes preferred exit point was blocked after being spooked by Helen sitting down, and it lashed out in fear.

– Jasmine Zeleny

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Fortunately, that hasn't happened, the United States negotiators and head of delegation have not been a strong supporter -- but haven't blocked negotiations.

– United States

Found on CNN
5 years ago

District Judge Reed O'Connor has declared the individual mandate unconstitutional and the rest of Affordable Care Act invalid, but District Judge Reed O'Connor has not blocked its continued operation.

– Tim Jost

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Dust is most likely the reason why the star's light appears to dim and brighten, the new data shows that different colors of light are being blocked at different intensities. Therefore, whatever is passing between us and the star is not opaque, as would be expected from a planet or alien megastructure.

– Tabetha Boyajian

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have worked with( Connecticut Democratic Sen.) Chris Murphy twice to have votes, the first time we got 20-something votes. Last time we got I think 44 votes. So, I think if we could get another vote I think we could block them. But as you know, in the Senate, most times you're blocked from having a vote.

– Senator Paul

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This kind of social control is against the tide of the world. The Chinese people’s eyes are blinded and their ears are blocked. They know little about the world and are living in an illusion.

– Liu Hu

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We're now very confident that DACA will soon meet the same fate as the Obama-era Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program, which the courts blocked after I led another state coalition challenging its constitutionality, our lawsuit is vital to restoring the rule of law to our nation's immigration system.

– Ken Paxton

Found on CNN
5 years ago

He blocked me long ago.

– Ben Shapiro

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Right now gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale is being blocked by some of our neighboring states, which cuts off our markets in New England.

– Shelley Moore

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The ports of entry for those seeking asylum have been blocked, i went out there yesterday with a group of six other members of Congress. We saw the border guard standing there checking papers and only letting those across the bridge who already had visas to come into the United States, or American passports and so forth. They were blocking those who didn't have papers, who would be asserting themselves for asylum. So they're essentially forcing people to cross the border illegally or leave them stranded( on the) very dangerous Mexican side of the border.

– Kirstjen Nielsen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As the initiative for taking up this law during the extraordinary session comes from those who blocked the law, we think that this time we are really going to examine (it).

– Modeste Mutinga

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's possible that new explosions will blast through the rubble at the bottom of the vent, and these may or may not be larger than previous explosions, it's also possible that the vent could become permanently blocked, ending the explosions entirely.

– Kyle Anderson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Now we’ve got a president who blocked me on Twitter, so my question is: do I really want to follow that guy?

– Stephen King

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

My account was blocked for 8 months, i sent letters to Facebook management for months but there's only an automatic reply saying they have completed your request.

– Le Van Dung

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The main target is still security authorities, but we can say that there are alternative (targets) if the main targets are blocked.

– Wawan Purwanto

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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