How to Use on the block in a Sentence

on the block

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• One ultra-rare piece of baseball history could be quite the heavy hitter on the block.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
• The fire, however, spread to adjacent homes on the block, prompting a 2nd alarm.
  — Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 11 July 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
• 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
• 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