concrete block
Example Sentences
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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
In 2018 - more than 20 years after the BRE's report - a concrete block fell from the ceiling of a school in Kent.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023
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
“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
I hated feeling like a concrete block in the middle of the night.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
