bricks

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In the previous year, his “Trace” exhibition at San Francisco’s Alcatraz featured portraits of people he considers activists, prisoners of conscience, or advocates of free speech, created with nearly a million toy bricks.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The process of turning the sophisticated machine into a pile of bricks began a few years ago, when Lenssen brought his young children to a Lego fair in the Netherlands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“I’d trained hard, put 60 pounds of bricks in my backpack,” he told National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Some doors and emergency exits at the palace had been sealed with bricks and mortar, and staff instructed not to speak publicly about the incident, according to Corriere.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Construction lorries hauling in more wood, more bricks, sacks of cement mix.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin