buttress
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Outside, he posed for selfies and held a 6-foot-long spurtle carved with a chain saw by local artist Alice Buttress and painted gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
A rescue team was brought part of the way up the mountain by helicopter the next morning and climbed the East Buttress to perform the rescue.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
Icicle Buttress is a popular climbing area along Icicle Road southwest of Leavenworth.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Mr Buttress said it was a "good start" but there were "more deals to announce" - such as when children return to school and at Christmas.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2022
Buttress, a projection from a wall to give extra strength and support.
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Kingsley, Rose Georgina
Vocabulary lists containing buttress
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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