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Secure use-cases of block cipher with 64-bit block size

In what cases can we use block ciphers with 64-bit block size (e.g., DES or Blowfish)?

Can this kind of block cipher be very secure for certain specific types of plaintext (for instance those having a lot of entropy)?

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