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At one point he even threatened to chop off a cantilevered corner of the building if the complications around its construction were not quickly resolved.

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His striking home was perched above the boulevard, its wood and glass cantilevered over a concrete base.

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As the sun set on a cloudy evening in Times Square on Friday, a 65-foot-long frankfurter cantilevered into the sky and spewed out a blast of rainbow confetti.

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They also feature the construction of a 20-storey tower, cantilevered above the neighbouring Grade-II* former Great Eastern Hotel, new office and hotel space, and works to the station including more lifts and escalators.

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When the cantilever is placed on one of the nanoparticles, a current is passed through its tip to measure the conductivity.

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