concrete block
Example Sentences
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They are still demanding answers over the key question surrounding the crash: why was there a concrete block at the end of the runway, despite international aviation safety guidelines?
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
If your room addition foundation is made from concrete block, check that it’s leveled as soon as half of the block is laid.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
On Monday night, Karimi’s house in the Tehran suburb of Lavasan was seized by the authorities, with a large concrete block placed at its entrance.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
In some of the city's concrete block hotels, usually packed only once a year by pilgrims, families have been found rooms, paid for by Jewish foundations.
From BBC ● May 8, 2022
There it stood now, as I stepped back into the shop, still tall and gleaming on its concrete block, but shorn now of eminence.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
