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Impromptu barricades block off both ends of the block.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Some offer sanctuary from the public eye; others, a carefully curated network designed to block off access.

From Salon May 30, 2025

Management company Onward Homes is set to raise the fee from £210 to £733 a month for leaseholders at the Canalside apartment block off Water Street in Radcliffe, Manchester.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2025

"Normally, microglia are looking for things like viruses or injury and secreting substances that block off the damage," she said.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2024

Frederick leads them into a five-story town house one block off a pretty avenue called the Knesebeckstrasse.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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