bricks

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Two teenage sisters from Gaza have won an environmental award for turning rubble into reusable bricks, saying they wanted to "turn destruction into something useful".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They plan to use the prize money to hold workshops to train some 100 young people to create the bricks themselves - aiming to produce at least 200 of them.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Meanwhile, portable phones, at first the size of bricks, were introduced in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The company donated bricks and minifigures to Libera and was shocked at how closely the artist recreated its branded packaging, even featuring the company’s official logo.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

They passed farmhouses, barns and an occasional weathered gray shack raised off the ground on piles of bricks.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt