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The researchers discovered that it could block the activity of many metalloproteinase toxins found in western diamondback rattlesnake venom.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

It’s unclear what people were cited for or what fines the alleged violations carry, but the events often block entire intersections, involve racing and have resulted in injuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Akira Pascall, a paediatric nurse, is another resident of the block and lives with her partner and three-year-old son in a shared ownership flat.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Housing association NG Homes, which owns the block, said these were false rumours and the flats would provide "much-needed" homes for people on its waiting list.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

It has dark, almost black, rocky sand, and it can’t be more than a block long.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Once a working-class port city, now Vlore has a beachfront lined with ritzy bars, restaurants catering to tourists, and blocks of hotels.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

In Taiwan, temples are everywhere, wedged between shops and apartment blocks, their incense smoke wafting into busy intersections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Nearly a mile of rock above the experiment blocks much of the cosmic ray radiation arriving from space.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

It took a month just to move a few blocks.

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

The war has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz, which before the conflict transported about one fifth of the world's LNG and oil.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Chargers requested to interview O’Connell to become offensive coordinator and playcaller, but McVay blocked it, citing it as a lateral move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The U.S. government blocked the acquisition on national-security grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

When the researchers blocked those proteins in laboratory and animal models, fewer cancer cells survived, and the remaining cells became more vulnerable to radiation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Anya tried to back out of the house, but someone blocked her retreat.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The findings suggest that targeting both sides of the cancer cell transformation could be more effective than blocking only one of them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Video footage we’ve seen shows Teamsters blocking a motorcyclist who worked for an Amazon contractor from entering the facility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Property donations aren’t unheard of in settlement agreements, but Haage said this is the first she can remember in Malibu, where land is prized and residents consistently get fined for blocking public access.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The defense for Lindsay Clancy, the US mother accused of murdering her three children, on Thursday accused a single holdout juror of blocking a verdict in the high-profile trial.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

A drive-in sits in the center of a huge clearing, the surrounding trees blocking out the town’s bustling sounds and creating the illusion that we’re far away.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith