demolition
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The BBC's Caitríona Perry spoke to Kerry Kennedy, the niece of late president John F Kennedy, about demolition threats to the performance centre named after him.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
It did not happen all at once, the way a demolition does.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
He estimated there were thousands of tonnes of material, which he said looked like "low-grade demolition waste", saying that he had seen tar and lead batteries in amongst the rubble.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The demolition warning marks an escalation in a bitter battle over one of the best-known cultural institutions in the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
All it took, he said, was the demolition of a handful of housing projects and the abandonment of homes in key downtown neighborhoods to send syphilis over the top.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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It has registered that in 2026, about 3,800 Palestinians have been displaced due to settler violence, demolitions and evictions - nearly half of them children.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In a 2-1 ruling, the court said that only Congress, not the president acting alone, can approve demolitions or design changes to the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the face of the huge damage in Nabatieh and other south Lebanon towns and villages, including where Israeli forces have carried out sweeping demolitions, Nasrallah still expressed hope of returning permanently.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
There are strict rules in California around the purchasing of dynamite, which is generally restricted to licensed professionals working in mining and quarry operations, building demolitions, tunneling projects and specialized industrial activities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
When he came up he saw that everybody—the ammo carriers, the demolitions guys, the machine gunners, everybody—they were all dropping everything into the water and going under like Ishmael.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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