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

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

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

“It was my refuge, my place of peace,” said Rodriguez, 50, who along with her husband used their life savings to build the home block by concrete block.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

Like she’s dragging a concrete block around all of the time.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt