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construction

[kuhn-struhk-shuhn] / kənˈstrʌk ʃən /




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The sessions went so well that Morali asked Willis to front the group, which adopted campy archetypes of masculinity — cop, cowboy and construction worker among them — in their stage costumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

A major landowner, especially in Tadcaster, the brewery refused to permit the construction of a temporary footbridge over the River Wharfe in Tadcaster on land it owned in 2016.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

The platform also handles project development, construction, and operations and maintenance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

In May, new openings rose among construction companies, manufacturers, hotels, restaurants and recreational providers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Interlocking loops of multicolored construction paper—six million of them for the six million Jewish lives snuffed out during the Holocaust.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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