block
Example Sentences
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In November, a federal judge ordered Khan be released and blocked her detention until the court could consider the government’s argument on why it needed to detain her.
From Los Angeles Times
I put their frozen blocks of meat around the edges of the flames to soften, and fed them warm meat.
From Literature
"Now we get out the knives and cut some blocks," he said.
From Literature
There have also been concerns that age assurance technologies would wrongly block adults while failing to spot underage users.
From BBC
As a police truck approached and threatened to interrupt the clean-up effort, Maria stood in the street and blocked the way, hands on her hips in a pose of defiance.
From Los Angeles Times
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