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Australia's highest court in October blocked the expansion of a coal mine in New South Wales, saying that planning bodies had not properly looked at the local impacts of planet-heating emissions from the coal.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Leung was charged in 2003 with obtaining, copying and retaining national security documents, but the U.S. government ultimately blocked the defense from talking to a key witness: her former FBI supervisor, Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Poundland is unable to buy new stock to fill its shelves after being blocked by its owners from accessing cash in its bank accounts.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
A planning application to build an 11-foot statue to the monarch in Malmesbury, however, was blocked after residents complained it could damage the roots of three silver birch trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Second and Third Divisions attacked the German bridgehead at the riverside town of Château-Thierry, pushed the enemy back across the Marne, and blocked the way to Paris.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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