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

In 2018 - more than 20 years after the BRE's report - a concrete block fell from the ceiling of a school in Kent.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

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

Thomas followed him to the steel door of the big concrete block and Minho turned to give him a wan smile.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner