building

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With this festival, Esperanza Community Housing is building a platform that is providing visibility to underrepresented voices, said Sandy Navarro, director at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

This comes as a sense of urgency to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz has been building.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

“We were building the plane while we were flying it,” Weiner said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The England international usually keeps touches on the ball to a minimum but she did what it took to escape tricky situations when pressure was building.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

I walked to the corner of the awning, looking doubtfully toward the back of the building.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith