block
Example Sentences
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Police have completed searches in five of the estate's eight high-rise blocks.
From Barron's
He's 38, he's been around the block a long time.
From BBC
Police are now moving to block and shut down that website, and cooperating with foreign agencies to investigate its operator.
From BBC
Officials said the extent of the damage in the worst-affected central region was only just being revealed as relief workers cleared roads blocked by fallen trees and mudslides.
From Barron's
In other words, the coronagraph acts like an artificial Moon, blocking the Sun's bright surface to let scientists continuously observe its faint outer corona -something the real Moon does only during eclipses.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
