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[blok] / blɒk /




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For context, Martinez - already on a booking - chose the moment Estevao swung over the corner to try to block off Wesley Fofana at the far post.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The team is now exploring which molecular approaches might be most successful to block the toxin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Second, incumbent community residents figured out, in the 1960s and ’70s, how to use those regulations to block growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

So the idea of going all-in on fun-size bars is intriguing: You can save money and be the coolest house on the block?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

First a dung cart rolled down the block, pulled by a scrawny brown horse that kept twitching its muscles to shoo the flies off its back.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The 36-year-old mother said she probably would not live in Fredonia if there weren't a team of doctors "a few blocks away."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Public Access Afterworld” is divided into episodes, not chapters — although each episode has eight individual components, like a TV show divided by ad blocks.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Head down, blue collar hoops,” said Golden State’s Kiah Stokes, who had 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocks in Monday’s Valkyries win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Scientists are concerned that organisms assembled from reversed biological building blocks could interact with existing life in unexpected ways.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The largest was unfinished and made from unplastered cement blocks with a tin roof, while two were just lean-to constructs of roofing sheets with nothing more, and the last an open, untidily thatched hut.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The researchers compare this behavior to a road system finding alternative routes when its usual roads become blocked by ice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

But Nawrocki has blocked his nominations to the court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Binance blocked customer withdrawals during security checks, with plans to resume the services within two days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Opponents often defended in a zonal manner, as players blocked specific areas of the pitch.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The asteroid’s impact blasted debris high into the atmosphere, creating a blanket of soot that blocked sunlight and caused the planet to cool by a global average of fifteen degrees Fahrenheit.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Scientists have established that BFT attaches to claudin-4 and that blocking this interaction can protect mice from toxin-induced damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Grace now uses ear defenders every night, but they only muffle the sound rather than blocking it out entirely.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

He used multiple running backs and unpredictable blocking patterns to bamboozle opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

California has strong laws that prevent homeowner associations from blocking solar panels or imposing unreasonable restrictions on them, Kaatz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Heavy curtains hang over her windows instead of rugs, blocking the dangerous light.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron


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