How to Use on the block in a Sentence

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• Finally, the stranger emerged from the last shop on the block.
  — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
• There’s also been no reports of any other injuries on the block.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
• This spiel might be about phones, but there’s a new Pixel Watch 5 on the block, too.
  — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026
• One ultra-rare piece of baseball history could be quite the heavy hitter on the block.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
• The film is one of the hottest sales titles on the block at TIFF.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
• The new kid on the block making an unexpected announcement to the world.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
• Jason will then join Mallory and Lala on the block on eviction night.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 July 2026
• The fire, however, spread to adjacent homes on the block, prompting a 2nd alarm.
  — Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 11 July 2026
• The new kid on the block knocked off all the others in voting for the best pizza in Rhode Island.
  — Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
• During the live eviction, Chuck and Barrett were still on the block, with their fates left up to the houseguests.
  — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2026
• Addington said the call to the LASD came from another home on the block.
  — City News Service, Daily News, 10 Aug. 2026
• Her house and the homes visible on her street were all surrounded by water, which had almost reached the top of a fire hydrant on the block.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
• This shows that buyers are more interested in location and square footage than securing the newest house on the block.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026
• Green and red mulberries are scattered beneath them, no doubt causing the sanitation workers on the block to complain.
  — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
• Lendeborg had one possession where he was matched up with Mara on the block, but the Warriors quickly had a big man switch over and moved him back to the wing.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 July 2026
• Incorporating antique finds, greenery, and utilizing your home’s quirky features, like alcoves and nooks, are just a few of the ways your home is set apart from the rest on the block.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
• Haley Thogmartin won the BB Blockbuster, leaving Chuck and Barrett still on the block.
  — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2026
• Except this year, for a number of reasons, instead of a gusher, the trade deadline may well turn out to be a bummer, with some of the biggest names reportedly on the block not moving after all.
  — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
• Warmer Oak and Honey-Toned Flooring are IN So, if cooler grays are no longer the sexy single on the block, then who is?
  — Jason Rueger, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
• As the world slowly became more comfortable with social interaction, Eileen began introducing us to everyone on the block.
  — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
• Meanwhile, older software companies have been keen to exhibit their compatibility with AI algorithms even as the new kid on the block threatens their turf.
  — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
• The auction felt like a high-energy concert crossed with a thriller, as bidders from 34 countries, most of them first-timers at Christie’s, kept the numbers climbing and the lots on the block far longer than expected.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026
• The governmental scrutiny and the sudden sales of the Lakers and Chelsea have yielded speculation as to whether any of Walter’s other sports assets were on the block.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
• The estate that provided the exteriors for the 1960s Batman TV series is on the block — albeit with a Bruce Wayne-sized price tag.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 7 July 2026
• Deputies received numerous calls reporting a shooting on the block, south of Fruitridge Road and west of Stockton Boulevard, with witnesses describing a possible robbery gone wrong.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
• Chalfant plays Aunt Sister Donna of Compassionate Trinity, Chickie and Doreen’s paternal aunt, who is mean as spit and tougher than any wise guy on the block.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
• Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, referenced his office’s recent push to put more regulations on late-night bars on the block following a June shooting in the same area and said police would patrol the block permanently on weekends.
  — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
• Security at the Lefkow home — including a camera mounted outside the home and guards posted on the block in unmarked cars — had been beefed up after the allegations against Hale emerged in January 2003.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
• This is some serious business by McMurtry, which is one of the newer names on the block, having been founded in 2016 by British engineer Sir David McMurtry.
  — New Atlas, 11 July 2026
• Other campuses have placed themselves on the block (notably Radford Studio Center, which is in talks to sell to Netflix) or are considering repurposing themselves for various industrial uses.
  — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026