11.   The wind is largely blocked by the side of the house, so I get the benefit of the sound without the fury.

12.   Winds no longer are blocked by such natural barriers as the Channel Islands, they said.

13.   In recent decades, another setback appeared as more and more buildings rose in this already crowded country, blocking the wind, said Endedijk.

14.   This year, he changed his strategy, going to the front and blocking the wind for the runners behind him, and the strategy backfired.

15.   With no idea when help might come, the group began shoveling snow into banks to block the wind and build a makeshift igloo around the crashed helicopter cab.