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Jonathan answered our questions inside a narrow room in a breeze block house, with his lieutenants crowding in.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The former stand-up comedian recently purchased a portion of CBS’s late-night block earlier this year, taking over the time slot for the 2026-2027 season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

There’s a new hot memory company on the block, and the shares of more established players are losing some luster.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

First a dung cart rolled down the block, pulled by a scrawny brown horse that kept twitching its muscles to shoo the flies off its back.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Ugarte then traveled a few blocks to Experience Christian Ministries, where Pastor Shep Crawford also has endorsed him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Landlords would only accept tenants who applied using a broker, which meant many brokers had monopolies on full blocks of apartments, and sometimes whole neighborhoods.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Amino acids are the basic building blocks of proteins and peptides.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

She waited to examine it until she was ten blocks from the barracks.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The probe was later dropped to ease Warsh's Senate confirmation, while the Supreme Court blocked Cook's firing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

A blocked street can delay an ambulance or endanger someone whose emergency has nothing to do with immigration enforcement.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín dealt the company a blow on Monday when she temporarily blocked Paramount from finalizing the acquisition until mid-August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The road toward the bridge on the other side of the island was probably blocked by fallen trees.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Day was given a conditional discharge in June 2024 for failing to remove a facial disguise and received £200 in fines in November 2024 for blocking a road during a protest.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The couple had sought to have their cases dismissed on grounds that blocking the funding violated the US Constitution's right to counsel of one's choice.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

At least five vehicles were reportedly blocking traffic lanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

A passenger with a buggy had been unable to move down the bus because the bag was blocking the luggage bay.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Oh, you haven’t even begun to see just how ‘nice’ we are, lady,” Juanita broke in, her Amazonian frame blocking Papá as she stood in front of my sisters protectively.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall