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grillwork

[gril-wurk] / ˈgrɪlˌwɜrk /


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The largest structure, a six-story building with dozens of broken windows, is sealed shut with rusting metal grillwork.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

They are certainly not scaring the bejesus out of your dog, or attacking your car because they have seen a reflection of themselves in the grillwork and wrongly perceived an enemy worthy of attack.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2017

The filigree of the facade panels was inspired by African-American grillwork in South Carolina and Louisiana, which had West-African roots.

From Seattle Times Sep. 16, 2016

Earlier this year, some of the grillwork of the Pont des Arts collapsed under the weight of all that love.

From The New Yorker Dec. 1, 2014

A guard rises to his post beyond an iron grillwork gate.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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