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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are being blocked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is currently obstructed or prevented from proceeding.
Example: "The users are being blocked from accessing the website due to maintenance."
Alternatives: "are being hindered" or "are being obstructed".
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Whole areas of Prague are being blocked off.
She also complains about the coal mining plans that are being blocked by environmentalists.
In the Peak District upstream of Derby and Nottingham, drainage gullies are being blocked.
ONE after another, ways out of the impasse created by Italy's indecisive election are being blocked.
Searches for Southern Weekend are being blocked on Twitter-like microblog services.
Onshore wind farms, the cheapest green energy, are being blocked as are solar farms in the countryside.
Playwright Alan Bennett says budding working-class writers are being blocked from following in his footsteps by university tuition fees.
He was using his relative's cellphone, but later I heard that all of their cellphones are being blocked right now".
His shots are being blocked at an alarming rate, 1.4 a game, the third highest average in the league.
Food firms depend on supplies of fat and sugar, both of which are being blocked further up the chain.
Seventeen lesser-known sites are being blocked outright, said Khurram Mehran, a spokesman for the government's Telecommunication Authority.
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