Sentence examples for blocking intersections on the from inspiring English sources

Hundreds of flag-waving settlers left their communities to demonstrate, blocking intersections on the highway between Hebron and Jerusalem.

Twisted tanks and toppled buses blocked intersections and the few residents on its empty streets scurried past with their heads down.

Mounties blocked intersections along the convoy's route to prevent evacuees from turning off to check on their homes and property.

Ten thousand of us blocked intersections across the city center.

Once the police descended, though, people blocked intersections, ran down the streets, and shouted angrily.

In the streets of Katmandu on Monday, thousands of Maoists blocked intersections near ministerial buildings, shouting slogans and demanding the resignation of the current government.

Police officers blocked intersections, television news vans parked on sidewalks, and a huge crowd of mourners pressed to get inside the old church.

In DC, hundreds of demonstrators blocked intersections during an Occupy "block party on K street".

Protesters with giant A's pasted on their shirts blocked intersections in Washington during demonstrations against international lending agencies last spring.

On typical days between July and October, the number of blocked crosswalks dropped by 43 percent and the number of blocked intersections fell by 61 percent.

Demonstrators walked onto the 101 Freeway at Grand Avenue, blocked intersections and refused to disperse.