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

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

“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

The space was still a work in progress, with raw concrete block walls and the dome’s reinforcements still showing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 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