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Drainage pipes, fiber cables and piles of sand were left blocking a lane of traffic for more than a year, while the 26-foot deep hole filled with water.

It was during that stint in Canada that he came to appreciate how North American sports teams collected piles of data and weaponized it.

"She used to sit on her sofa, surrounded by piles of books, with her laptop and tablet in front of her," she recalled.

In the northwest of the city, empty streets are lined with piles of concrete that once were apartment buildings before the Israel-Hamas war, with some structures completely collapsed.

Rather than take piles of donations and display vast quantities of merchandise, Block ran a curated boutique.