erecting

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Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Erecting dams to provide water to one group of people deprives other people and ecosystems.

From Scientific American • Dec. 21, 2022

"Erecting barriers to entry to keep competitors out and raising prices in the wake of their elimination is precisely the kind of conduct that Congress enacted antitrust laws to prevent," the complaint said.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2022

Erecting shade shelters or water stations could help birds manage during a drought, Ross notes—but that wouldn’t help their songs reach the intended audience.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 17, 2022

Erecting a depot flag to mark the big sledge, we broke camp at midday and soon reached the sea-front.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir