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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
Amazon in September blocked Meta’s Muse from making purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Muzz said the man had been permanently blocked from its platform.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Last weekend the big excitement was the elk that wandered onto Main Street and blocked traffic for an hour.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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