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  • Williams had been given permission by a police official to walk along a blocked-off street but was then stopped by other officers, his spokesman Stefan Ringel said.

    Violence amid revelry at N.Y. West Indian Day Parade 2011

  • Ling and birch colonise spoil and there are tall oaks rooted in piles of mossy rocks along the old mineral line leading from the blocked-off tunnel by Wheal Josiah.

    Country Diary: Great Consols, Tamar Valley 2011

  • Councilman Jumaane Williams D-Brooklyn, and Kirsten John Foy, both of whom are black, said they had police permission to walk on a blocked-off sidewalk this summer while on their way to a post-West Indian Day parade event at the Brooklyn Museum.

    Police Who Detained Councilman Jumaane Williams To Be Disciplined The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Williams had been given permission by a police official to walk along a blocked-off street but was then stopped by other officers, his spokesman Stefan Ringel said.

    Violence amid revelry at N.Y. West Indian Day Parade 2011

  • Two stiltwalkers waved at passing cars, a deejay spun dance music and dozens of children and adults spun multicolored, circular tubes around their midriffs, necks and ankles at the blocked-off intersection.

    Hooping.org | Blog | Baltimore Hula Hoop-a-Thon Lured Hipsters and Hoopsters 2009

  • Councilman Jumaane Williams D-Brooklyn, and Kirsten John Foy, both of whom are black, said they had police permission to walk on a blocked-off sidewalk this summer while on their way to a post-West Indian Day parade event at the Brooklyn Museum.

    Police Who Detained Councilman Jumaane Williams To Be Disciplined The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • When the day of my wrestling match arrived, we walked toward the blocked-off area of dusty street that would serve as the "arena."

    My World Wrestling Revelation Dhani Jones 2011

  • One man carried a life-size cutout of President Barack Obama, with a Terrible Towel draped around the neck, while a one-man band played in the middle of a blocked-off street and photos of players were projected onto the sides of buildings.

    Party time for Pittsburgh fans 2009

  • *** Ironically, Mr. Cheney's first heart attack—or myocardial infarction, when the heart is starved for oxygen because of restricted or blocked-off blood supply—may have aided his political rise.

    The Story of Dick Cheney's Heart Joseph Rago 2011

  • When the day of my wrestling match arrived, we walked toward the blocked-off area of dusty street that would serve as the "arena."

    My World Wrestling Revelation Dhani Jones 2011

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