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Residents of a north London tower block said they are living a "nightmare", with intruders accessing the scaffolding that has surrounded their homes for the past six years.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Tuesday in the 18500 block of Devonshire Street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Kalshi sued Utah in February to block enforcement of the state's gambling laws.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Navarro said that Panama wants to reform the consensus-based rules that allow "one idiot" to block agreement at the COP summits, proposing instead that decisions are taken by a majority.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The social worker handed her a folder with the boy’s name on it in large block letters.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

But they have shown us something: There are dark passages ahead and enormous changes coming, and none of us can accurately identify the specter who blocks the path forward.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

The researchers found that cells lacking Mitch consumed more fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

One of the stumbling blocks for those was the environmental-review process, which could take months or even years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

A year later, Wilson died in a tavern’s boarding room, a few blocks from Iredell’s North Carolina home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I watch as one of the trolls blocks Autumn’s path before she can get to Tano.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A refinery in Texas, oil field in Guyana or LNG terminal in Louisiana have become a bit more valuable than before the Strait of Hormuz was blocked since they face less risk of disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Opponents often defended in a zonal manner, as players blocked specific areas of the pitch.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Manfre said he tried to leave the booth to put some distance between them, but the man, shown in video footage wearing a cap, blocked his exit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Enforcement of the law has been blocked by a district court and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals while proceedings continue.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

As if she’d conjured it from her thoughts, another slender gray creature, slimy and covered in what looked like sticky, prickly fur, blocked their path forward.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

He used multiple running backs and unpredictable blocking patterns to bamboozle opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

But the reality was that the city was on a war footing, a 4-foot wall of sand and rows of sandbags blocking off an ocean determined to reach the sidewalks nonetheless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

“We have this truck blocking the entry—we’ve got to stay on our tippy-toes,” a mechanic named Denson, who started out at Amazon, told me.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The combined results suggest a broader role for the protein, but they do not establish that blocking MTCH2 would prevent new fat cells from forming in people.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

I pull the window shade down, blocking out the light.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse