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concrete

[kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong-] / ˈkɒn krit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ- /




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"While we'd love to share concrete details today, stepping back to get our plans straight will let us come back to you with a clear timeline," it said.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Svyrydenko said she had delivered "concrete results" in office and posted a photo of herself making a heart symbol with her hands during an address to parliament.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Sizzling on the concrete in August is unlikely to improve the mood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

“Despite the urgency of the community’s concerns, the company did not provide concrete public commitments, funding amounts, or implementation timelines for the relief and recovery measures requested,” Jurado’s office said in a statement on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

And with that, Miel took off on a low flight away from the slides, clearly a path he knew, because he stopped perfectly at the edge of the concrete.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

Piles of bricks, slabs of concretes and mounds of rubble, and on the wall that remains standing, a bright green door which now leads to nothing.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2022

The Swiss company said it also wants to expand its solutions and products business, which makes pre-cast concretes, roofing products, asphalt and dry mortars to 30% of its revenue.

From Reuters Nov. 18, 2021

The polymer concretes seem to be doing alright, too, so we can just … make more of those.

From Nature Jul. 7, 2020

They paint their pictures with essential oils, resinoids, concretes and absolutes, the building blocks of fragrance and flavor.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2019

Then Ella dragged Brigit to the Conjure Creole Creamery, where attendants pulled levers making decadent concretes and malted mischief milkshakes full of pralines and petit fours and pieces of pecan pie.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Inside the concreted blocks was an extraordinary cache of iron helmets.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

They were joined by a team of ground radar experts who scanned the heavily concreted property, assisting the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s with serving a search warrant at the home.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

If all six proposed facilities are approved, more than 200 acres of farmland will be turned over to concreted compounds within a three-kilometre radius of their village.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2024

Starting with Chinatown, earthen basements were concreted, concrete ones flooded with carbolic acid, walls washed with lye, streets asphalted, cesspools filled and decrepit dwellings demolished.

From Nature Apr. 23, 2019

The sandbagging on the ground-floor windows was reinforced, and civilian contractors were on the roofs checking the firmness of the chimney stacks and the concreted skylights.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

He added that nobody knows what might happen in that time, so Russian companies would not be "concreting over their oil-wells".

From BBC Jun. 9, 2022

The concreting of Houston’s green spaces removed key sponges for Harvey’s water, which sloshed into people’s homes.

From The Guardian May 20, 2019

According to him, construction workers used to be skilled in multiple aspects of the trade, but now the applicants he sees are specialized in specific categories, like framing, concreting or finishing, but not all three.

From Washington Times Apr. 29, 2017

The people behind Supurbia are quick to point out they have no intention of "garden-grabbing" or concreting over green spaces.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2014

No materials or supplies needed be stored on the floors until they were in perfect condition to accommodate them, and not then, even, so far as the prosecution of form erection and concreting were concerned.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers




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