concrete block

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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

If your room addition foundation is made from concrete block, check that it’s leveled as soon as half of the block is laid.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

On Monday night, Karimi’s house in the Tehran suburb of Lavasan was seized by the authorities, with a large concrete block placed at its entrance.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

In some of the city's concrete block hotels, usually packed only once a year by pilgrims, families have been found rooms, paid for by Jewish foundations.

From BBC • May 8, 2022

And looking around the room, I remember thinking that my reading differences were like dragging a concrete block around every day, and how I felt sorry for myself.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt