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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
bought a block of stocks
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as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
constant bickering that is only a block to the completion of the project
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as in head
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the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth
threatened to knock the block off the jerk next door if he didn't can the noise
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as in confederacy
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
a block of oil-producing nations
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as in to fill
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
block up the opening in the wall where a window once was
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as in to obstruct
to prevent passage through by filling with something
one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle
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Recent Examples of block
Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Both sides also had filed appeals, with DMACC challenging the judge's injunction and Drake arguing that Rose wrongly excluded from her injunction a block D with a bear paw logo, previously used by DMACC in connection with its Bears athletics teams.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
The outer layer of the capsule is made from gelatin coated with a layer of cellulose and either molybdenum or tungsten, which blocks any RF signal from being emitted.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
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The shooting, police said, was reported in the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street.
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Federal officials say agents fired defensive shots after community members tried to block ICE vehicles.
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Pale pink flower clusters that appear on the light green foliage in summer, slightly earlier than other sedum varieties.—
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Last month, the California Department of Public Health issued an advisory after poisonings were reported in clusters in the Monterey area and the Bay Area.—
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Joint pain that turns stairs into obstacles.—
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One other obstacle the White House will need to contend with, Hochstein said, is blowback from Gulf countries and from China.—
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Several districts in Kyiv were hit in the attack and an emergency medical aid worker was among those killed, according to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko.—
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
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Once on the Israeli side, we were ordered not to open the windows and to leave the car only through the right-hand doors.—
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Five players scored in double figures, while the home side ended the game on a 19-1 run.—
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Long before settlers came to the Americas, there was a confederacy and governance system between three tribes: the Ottawa, the Ojibwe and the Potawatomi.—
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The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement.—
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The work triangle has origins dating back to the 19th century, but in a space that now serves diverse purposes and is filled with technology and appliances that didn’t exist when it was created, is the kitchen work triangle still relevant?—
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If the car starts to fill with water and reaches seat level, fire officials say getting onto the roof of your vehicle becomes the safest option.—
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With few nearby cities and little on-property lighting, there's not a lot of light pollution obstructing your view of the stars from this International Dark Sky Park.—
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The video begins with Ross in front of the vehicle driven by Good, who had stopped her burgundy SUV perpendicular to the street, obstructing the flow of traffic.—
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Travel records also showed that the defendants traveled to the Dominican Republic three days before the shipping container was intercepted.—
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Sessegnon and Jimenez attack that vacated area in a bid to combine, but Bassey’s delivery from the back gets intercepted by Santiago Bueno.—
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“Block.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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