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cinder block

NOUN
concrete building block
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The bear was eventually hit with a dart and fell asleep on top of a cinder block wall dividing two properties, its body straddling either side.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

There, the boys frolic and dream amid cinder block walls.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2024

Some of the footage showed the Beach refugee camp, an area of squat, tightly packed cinder block houses, with washing hanging outside.

From Reuters Nov. 27, 2023

The interior of most corridors was painted brick and cinder block.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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