blocky
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And the cartoonish portrayal of combat using childlike blocky figures helps to sanitize gritty images of war, helping it to get past social media filters—and pushing it far beyond Iran’s borders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
A stone’s throw from the Brandenburg Gate, DZ’s stone facade aligns seamlessly with its blocky neighbors on Pariser Platz, providing little hint of its shocking interior.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
To keep it from dwarfing its 19th-century neighbors, he broke up its mass into separate blocky pavilions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
Their foe, in true “Minecraft” fashion, is a blocky baby zombie riding a cubist chicken: a “chicken jockey,” as Black’s Steve properly notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
She has set one foot on the top rung of a ladder when the blocky shoes of Madame Manec come clomping into the kitchen.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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