Example Sentences

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Residents of an evacuated tower bock have been told by the council they can move back into their homes.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

Firefighters finally were able to find the woman and bring her bock back to the surface, said the coroner, who determined she died from injuries from the fall.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Sotheby’s expects to sell the Inverted Jenny plate bock for $5 million to $7 million and the double eagle for $10 million to $15 million.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern This new episode experiments with cooking and science, bringing high-tech cuisine to the kitchen and cutting-edge technology to the chopping bock.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2014

He was treatin' the fellows wi' drams a' roond, the nicht he cam'; he wes sae glad to be bock i' the auld place.

From Up in Ardmuirland by Barrett, Michael