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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a block for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate something that serves as an obstacle or hindrance to a particular action or process.
Example: "The new regulations are a block for many small businesses trying to expand."
Alternatives: "an obstacle to" or "a barrier for".
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Mélenchon has told his supporters to vote as a block for Hollande.
That amount does not include a block for which bidding failed to meet the reserve price.
Sometimes the character of a block, for better or worse, seems to endure longer than any single building.
Andersen said a block for the Heat can essentially become a turnover leading to a fast-break scoring opportunity.
They still suffer from the same problems (too little in common; unlikely to vote in a block for either party).
He added that he felt bad last Sunday when he missed a block for Hixon during a 29-17 victoverover San Francisco.
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Now there may be something odd about being entertained by jokes to which everyone knows the punchline but it is stranger still – and a marketing miracle – that Lord's should be chock-a-block for a sporting contest where no one cared which team prevailed.
Ad blocking – for marketers – shows just how great the power of storytelling is.
Such a device can be used as a building block for a "silicon photomultiplier".
I recognised the anaesthetist as having given me a spinal block for a previous knee replacement.
It is a block party for 26.2 miles".
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