block
Example Sentences
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Upon arriving, officers located the suspect and pursued him on foot for about three blocks.
From Los Angeles Times
Fabien Galthie's side have stormed out of the blocks in every match so far, managing six tries in the opening quarter across their three games.
From BBC
That same year, Dorsey took back the job as CEO of Twitter, which was based a block away.
During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow obscures the moon; in a solar eclipse event, the moon blocks the sun from view.
From Los Angeles Times
As we recently reported, Dr. Prasad tried to block FDA staff from even reviewing Moderna’s stand-alone flu vaccine last month because he didn’t like its trial design, which had earlier been blessed by the agency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
