cell block
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cell block
Example Sentences
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After Sarkozy entered prison Tuesday, Le Pen reposted a video that she suggested was taken inside his prison with inmates hurling insults at him from across the cell block.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Chambers recounted all this to me when I landed in his cell block that summer.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
To tackle the problem, anti-drone grills are being fitted over cell block windows throughout the prison estate.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
Joe Stegner, a former Republican leader, helped bring Idaho closer than ever toward building a hospital to replace the cell block in 2007 and 2008.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023
The doorway we’d come through must have been some kind of receiving entrance for the lower floor of the cell block.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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