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With tens of thousands of security personnel deployed in key parts of the capital to block the main protest site of Jantar Mantar, protesters turned to holding flash demonstrations elsewhere, taking authorities by surprise.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Makeshift barriers formed from shipping containers and razor wire to block traffic to Peshawar's administrative zone remained in place.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Part of the problem has been that England have often come up against weaker opposition that sit in a low block and they have found it hard to break them down.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

I still live one block from Main Street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

As we drive farther from the highway, a strip mall comes into view, and a faded red-and-white sign greets us with block letters.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Amino acids are best known as the building blocks of proteins, but some perform other important functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

But many disused mills and factories have given way to apartment blocks, trendy cafes and co-working spaces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The plants, constructed in fortified bunkers and protected from drone attack by huge steel cages, are each capable of providing electricity and heat to several hundred of the city's high-rise apartment blocks.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Samantha Linderman’s middle school was three blocks away from the Los Angeles School of Comedy, but she was always too intimidated to step inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

It took a month just to move a few blocks.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Fire Department and police vehicles gathered at a site on a sidewalk, and a street was blocked off by yellow police tape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The 68-year-old was frightened and found it hard to sleep after a rogue builder left her roof with dislodged bricks and blocked gutters.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

However, when both signaling pathways were blocked simultaneously, the beneficial effect was reduced.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

A judge has restricted his transfer and temporarily blocked his deportation while his legal challenge proceeds.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

A bunch of people who live around Rockledge Park start in: “The smoke from the fire blocked out the stars.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Pori’s attorney Lanny Davis said he has received so many threatening notes that he hit his iPhone’s limit for blocking email addresses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

One possibility would be for the European Commission to deploy a legal instrument known as the "blocking mechanism".

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Since late September students across France have been holding protests against underfunding in education, and have been blocking access to many high schools.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scientists have identified a way to restore cartilage in aging knee joints, at least in mice, by blocking a protein whose levels rise with age.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

She stepped forward and glanced out toward the brighter part of the cave, though that made no sense—surely Jonah was blocking her view.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix