demolition

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The “restart timeline is a stubborn mule,” Raj told MarketWatch, and “repumping the battered energy heart is a multiyear demolition derby, not a weekend DIY.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

"It's one of the mills that's never been touched, as in redevelopment, but there's only one thing now - demolition, I think," one man said.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Platforms one to six will be reopened, but the station's front entrance on Gordon Street will remain closed during ongoing demolition and clear-up work.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Like, he’s freestyling right and came up with underwater demolition?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

In 1931 Berkeley president Robert Sproul gave Lawrence this ramshackle campus building, slated for demolition, to house the new 27-inch cyclotron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik