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Earlier this month, Burnham promised to revitalise Britain's "hollowed out" high streets by helping councils block new vaping and betting shops.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
If it follows through and removes Cook, she will likely file suit in lower courts to block the move, legal experts said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
As downtown closed for the night, one restaurant filled up: El Michoacano, a block from the tracks, where Alvidrez and her husband ate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The pickup truck, officials said, was illegally parked along the 100 block of East Capitol Street, where the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Still, the officers on the ground did what they could and tried to keep people away, even though it was pointless to try to block the roads.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Although Earth's shadow blocks direct sunlight from reaching most of the Moon, some still passes through Earth's atmosphere.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some will remember those big, ugly apartment blocks in the Soviet Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"These are thick blocks of ice that can drift for years," specifies Dr. Abigail Dalton of the Canadian Ice Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
She turned back toward the theater and started walking down a few blocks.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The rest of the Kennedy Center’s name is blocked by scaffolding that is wrapped in a white tarp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said an earthquake likely triggered a landslide that in turn blocked a river, sending water gushing downstream after it eventually breached the obstruction.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Survivor Jordan Miller alleged that the Cybertruck's design trapped passengers in the burning vehicle and blocked their rescue.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
This situation is often presented as a problem for the younger generation, who may be blocked from buying homes of their own.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Soon, even that was blocked by the trees, the tops of which they quickly rose past.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
A team led by Montargès studied the star with ESO's VLT and found that a cloud of dust was instead blocking part of Betelgeuse's light.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"We believe a rock-ice avalanche occurred in Nepal, blocking the Lhende river and causing the cascading flood event," Sarthak Shrestha, a remote sensing and geo information analyst with the intergovernmental institute, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
After a group of 23 states sued, multiple federal courts issued injunctions blocking its implementation.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
It’s hello, goodbye, good luck, Godspeed, please stop blocking my path, you got this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Monday, we began hauling out the dead wood blocking trails or where he wanted to spray vermicast, which I learned is worm poop—gross.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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