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The state also requires home hardening measures for the structure itself — from covering vents with a mesh to block embers from entering to using fire-resistant building materials — for all new constructions since 2008.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Jeanie Buss is fighting her five siblings to hold on to her portion of the franchise and block the sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Displacing our neighbors from block to block, or in many cases from district to district, doesn’t help them find housing,” said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez in asking his colleagues to remove the camping ban.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is trying to block her siblings' sale of her family's remaining stake in the NBA franchise.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Then he saw that the girls had finished their game and were heading for the classroom block.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Essential amino acids are protein building blocks that animals cannot produce themselves and therefore must obtain through food.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

At one training company visited by AFP, humans holding what looked like PlayStation controllers repeated a single task -- folding clothes, moving blocks, spraying a canister -- as humanoid partners mirrored their actions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Feeding deer may also increase the risk of them ingesting plastic, which blocks their stomachs and causes malnutrition.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

One thing LLMs are great at is rapidly finding little acorns within huge blocks of text.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

One by one Oteg added rows of blocks until they met above the top.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The first quarter of 2026 saw the largest single-quarter concentration of blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to Data Center Watch, a research project backed by AI safety company 10a Labs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Those who don't pay risk having their account on the platform blocked, effectively putting them out of business.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

She added she did not see the crash as her view was blocked - but said Lomas was taken by ambulance to Petra, then taken by air ambulance to Amman.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Records in Companies House show an attempt was made to wind up the company in March 2022, however, this was blocked for unstated reasons.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

My way is blocked by hard, thin, interwoven twigs.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

She said: "We were met by lines of riot police blocking our access."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Louai Abu Ridi owns one of the three houses in Qusra, near Nablus, which settlers began besieging more than a week ago, trapping residents inside and effectively blocking supplies, generating condemnation around the world.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

But one of them has to beat out Shields, who intends to cause a whole lot of trouble blocking opponents over the next two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Cambridge researchers have uncovered why both activating and blocking the same brain receptor can promote weight loss.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Around him, the trails of fire were converging, moments from blocking his path to the stairs.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman