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block

[blok] / blɒk /




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But its insistence on collecting personal information was a major stumbling block to a deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

These exchanges, along with the over-the-counter desks that broker crypto block trades privately, are indispensable to the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In experiments involving mice, researchers also developed a way to block its activity.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Authorities have deployed thousands of officers and set up concrete barriers surrounding the venue to block protests.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

There it stood now, as I stepped back into the shop, still tall and gleaming on its concrete block, but shorn now of eminence.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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