built

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But in practice, it suspended biometric checks on UK visitors in early April after long queues built up at Corfu airport.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

During World War II, the U.S. economy nearly doubled in size as a war economy was built on top of the civilian one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

But that familiar protection system has a built in ceiling.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

In February, the Wende bought a three-bedroom house built in the 1940s adjacent to the museum’s campus that will be used as a live-work space for photographers in residence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

It’s built like a house—a really, really big house—with two chimneys, a wraparound porch, and a weather vane on the roof.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller