bridge
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This year, the city had to bridge a $1.2 billion deficit to balance the budget, as Illinois law requires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Crowns can also be used to support a dental bridge, which replaces a missing tooth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Then there are Silents Synced events, which tour the world and bridge the classics to modern musical acts.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
They had just crossed the bridge from Magpie Island to the mainland when the earthquake hit.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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Earlier in the war they destroyed Russian bunkers, bridges, ships and command centers at a time when Ukraine had few other weapons capable of doing so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Many villages are located near waterways, while poor roads and a lack of bridges can make travel by land difficult.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Getting investors to look past the dazzle of artificial intelligence and data centers toward ordinary roads, bridges and cell towers is a fairly tall order these days.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
But by last year, the proposed designs were much wider and added seven pedestrian bridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fadi wanted to stop, to check out the intricately laid-out tracks, the towns, bridges, and water tower, but Zalmay had a set destination in mind.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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McCreary began creating television and film scores, discovered his inner metalhead, and has since bridged those worlds with his “Singularity” project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The stockpile swaps bridged longer shipping times, and alternative cargoes began to arrive in force.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
The most famous story-style intro — it literally begins with, “Here’s a story” — belongs to “The Brady Bunch,” which bridged the 1960s and ’70s, a decade that saw the ebbing of title-sequence stories.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Calum McFarlane returns in the role of safety net between now and the end of the season, the former Under-21 coach having bridged the gap between Maresca and Rosenior earlier this season.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Far behind the battle the River had been swiftly bridged, and all day more force and gear of war had poured across.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Their divide is far more soluble than that of the underlying conflict in the Middle East, but bridging it still remains a work in progress.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
"She has led major international initiatives on sustainable development and dialog among cultures, bridging Latin America, the Arab world, Africa and Europe," Tonga wrote.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
"We have the ability to close it, but they have the ability to open it up again," he told the BBC about bridging the gap to the top nations.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
She moved from a role inside the commercial bank to a more prestigious one inside the investment bank, bridging a cultural divide inside the company that CEO Jamie Dimon has long been focused on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
With his mask off, I can see freckles bridging his nose.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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