build
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Every dollar appropriated, he added, would be used to build the "lethality" of US military forces and "reinforce peace through strength".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
To build these structural models, the team used a modified version of AlphaFold, the Nobel prize-winning protein structure prediction algorithm.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
He also wants to build so-called "mega-prisons" and use pesticides to eradicate coca crops.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Liverpool invested around $500 million dollars on talent in recent years to build upon the team’s success winning the Premier League title for the 2024-25 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The captain was an imposing man, well over six feet tall, with shoulders strong and broad enough to build on.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
“As pressure builds, crews will again perform targeted leak checks to confirm every section of pipe, both new and existing, is stable and performing as expected,” the utility department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The study builds on more than 20 years of research led by Cohen, who helped pioneer the discovery of peptides produced by mitochondria.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
It isn’t perfect, but nothing builds spending confidence like watching your plan survive a thousand bad markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Through these gates pass the best shipbuilders in the world,” reads a sign at the 142-year-old Bath Iron Works, which builds for the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Guys with good builds swaggered among the blankets and umbrellas, slowing down and sucking in their stomachs whenever they passed girls.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
“Here where Nature has builded her finest playground, man has added the material things which provide the comforts that make life worth while,” proclaimed a 1921 advertisement in The Times titled “The Great Southwest.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Born luckily to place and power, Premier Jon Bratiano has held and builded upon both.
From Time Magazine Archive
Percy Haughton's widow watched the Columbia team that he had builded sink to defeat before Cornell at Ithaca.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here William Rufus had builded; here Coke and Bacon handed down the Law.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, he was not lying; his own triumph had outrun him; he had builded even better in evil than even he could have hoped.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
Marshals Service and federal prosecutors say it was all built on a false identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The minister said they required further assurances from Meta, despite its assertion that it had built mechanisms to defend against cybercrimes through WhatsApp.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
I reject the false choice that New Yorkers must pick between leading the future of AI and protecting affordability, ratepayers, existing job creators and the communities where these facilities are built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"I mean, we are 23 students and we built this within just one year. The technical industry should be able to do this way better and way faster," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Rowdy was built just right for good monkey biting and the monkeys had sure taken advantage of this.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Over time, material such as pollen, sand, plant remains, and organic matter settles at the bottom of a lake, building a layered record of past environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The two-lane carriageway in the sky was one of the first sections of the M4 and a relic of the 1960s freeway building boom after the explosion in postwar car ownership.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“There’s some incredible artwork on that building, and we are paying respect to the graffiti artists” with a planned coffee table book, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The administration is building what could become the foundation of a global trading system for the age of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Sometimes guilty as charged,” he said, grinning, as we walked to the main building.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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