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leader block

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noun

  1. Nautical. lead block.

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Jaczko got his start in Washington as a young, socially conscious physicist helping his then-boss Harry Reid, now Senate majority leader, block a plan to store radioactive waste under Nevada's Yucca mountain.

From Reuters • May 21, 2012

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