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Some nights the cops just blocked off the streets leading into the Zone, as if it were quarantined.

The front room had only one window, and if they had put the tree there it would have blocked off all the light.

So many people showed up that the police blocked off the parking lot, he said. "You couldn't even find the end of the line. "

There was even a possibility that Washington Bridge might be blocked off, and we would not actually get into New York.

Traffic wardens blocked off the road to normal vehicles; a police car and an ambulance were on standby . It was exam day.

Police in Mexico say members of drug cartels blocked off at least 13 major roads in the city of Monterrey on Saturday.

The only negative is that during our stay half the lobby was blocked off as it was undergoing some renovations.

The area around the border crossing was blocked off by police earlier Wednesday, the residents said.

A snug is a little room blocked off from the rest of the bar by a wooden screen.

If sustained, the slide might also help roll back some of the resource nationalism that has blocked off access to new reserves.

From where we were, the sound of the creek, the gurgle and slapping talk of the creek, was blocked off by rocks.

The police blocked off the street where the gunman was hiding .

We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan.

Great Southwest Parkway, a major street in an industrial area in front of the rink, was partially blocked off after the shooting.

Calle Ocho is an enormous street party, and entire streets are blocked off to make room for music, dance, visual arts, food and other fun!

Connections and boreholes for auxiliary and temporary bracing shall be removed or blocked off after the bracing has been dismounted.

Access roads have been blocked off and voters go through strict security checks before being allowed in.

He tells Lincoln there's an unimproved road by the river. There's a chance it hasn't been blocked off yet.

Road-blocks have gone up around Abuja and some parts of the city are blocked off.

The hospital buildings themselves, and the access roads, were blocked off by police to maintain a modicum of order.

Consequently, entire areas were blocked off from tourists and the admission price was increased.

From 11 p. m. local time until dawn Saturday, police had blocked off streets surrounding the area and cleared roads of cars and people.

In one town, above, local law enforcement officers blocked off an intersecting road.

The section of road immediately ahead was blocked off by a rope barrier.

The trees outside the window blocked off the sun.

Dozens of police cruisers swarmed the area and blocked off streets after the shooting.

Police blocked off side streets for the six-block procession.

A landslide has blocked Off traffic moving south towards the motorway.

Police blocked off the street after the explosion.

Once I blocked off Facebook on my browser, I pretty much forgot about it.

Many of the streets were blocked off from main roads by concrete barriers and barbed wires.

Seriously, if you want to join the protest you can't because the police have the area blocked off?

Heavy snow has blocked off traffic on the motorways.

A snowslide has blocked off traffic in this area.

So the conductor woman hurried to take her into the sickroom which was blocked off by the bedsheets .

Exit 31 is blocked off due to an accident.

The water started to rise when the river was blocked off in 2003.

The gas pipe has been blocked off to prevent escapes.

daddy ' s having the whole street blocked off