concrete block
Example Sentences
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They are still demanding answers over the key question surrounding the crash: why was there a concrete block at the end of the runway, despite international aviation safety guidelines?
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
“A concrete block for an Amazon headquarters on this terrain is egregious and obscene,” said Tauriq Jenkins, who leads about two dozen Indigenous groups opposed to the development.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
When pausing to sit on a concrete block, she almost fell over.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2022
Many workers now live in a two-story concrete block surrounded by a metal fence and watched over by Serbian security guards who bar entry to outsiders.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
I could see a connecting tunnel to the left, the blue haze of fluorescent lights showing through the window in a concrete block building.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
