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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
obstruct .
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Examples
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But if great business-houses and corporations were exposed to persistent, insolent, and overpowering interference and solicitation for place such as obstructs great public departments and officers, they too would resort to the form of competition, as they now have its substance, and they would resort to it to secure the very freedom which they now enjoy of selecting for fitness alone.
American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) Various 1869
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'obstructs' a part of the gut, so that food and stools cannot pass.
Chapter 17 1993
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"Each of these disclosures undermines our ability to assess the candor of witnesses in our investigation and thus obstructs it," Grassley and Issa wrote.
Republicans criticize U.S. probe of Mexico gun sting Reuters 2011
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NOTHING will get done for this country as long as the party of NO obstructs everything.
Democrats slam GOP as party of 'fear' in health care debate 2009
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I have to do my bakcyard and was going to cut a big tree that obstructs all the sunlight.
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The GOP lost the election, the dems are in power, yet the right makes demands, obstructs, stalls, bribes, cries and complains at every turn, gives ultimatums, ... give your head a shake DUDE!!! tip
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Every day that Lieberman obstructs reform, another 123 Americans die because the best health care they have access to is a first aid kit.
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It isn't gameplay, its a poor implementation of Simon that obstructs any story telling element that might exist in the scene.
Great Big Bites SVGL 2009
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If ANYONE of them votes (obstructs) and follows republican rulers lockstep, I'll campaign against them.
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That our party not only obstructs on passage of the health care bill but now they also lie about it really hurts Republicans credibility.
Think Progress » DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’ 2010
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