concrete block

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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

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

Firefighters have chiselled through a concrete block to rescue a fox cub after it became trapped between a garage and stone wall.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2022

“A concrete block for an Amazon headquarters on this terrain is egregious and obscene,” said Tauriq Jenkins, who leads about two dozen Indigenous groups opposed to the development.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 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