built

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Brown declared, pulling a handle that started drilling the first hole of soil tests for a subway that planners estimated could be built in just three years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Like Gayle, Sooryavanshi's innings are built on brutal boundary hitting, though he gets there in a different way.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

MarketWatch: You’ve built eight multibillion-dollar companies across different industries — waste management, equipment rental, logistics and building-products distribution.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“So it really kind of shows the resiliency and the diversification and the durability of what we’ve built over the last 18 years.”

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Every night they built a bonfire with the broken branches they’d cleaned up during the day, and Alex told them stories.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr