erect
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Independent Mid Ulster Councillor, Barry Monteith, has been working with some of the relatives to erect a new plaque near where the Hillcrest Bar was.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
You can’t snap your fingers, wash away a whole world, erect a new one, and have it work well and quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
In 2025 Anduril announced it would spend $1 billion to erect its first “Arsenal” manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ohio.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
The work to erect the two tallest towers in Beverly Hills started Friday with an overnight continuous pour of 3,800 cubic yards of concrete, the equivalent of 41,000 wheelbarrows-full.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Presently she laughed and showed him a small sketch of Jo in her scribbling suit, with the bow rampantly erect upon her cap, and issuing from her mouth the words, ‘Genius burns!’
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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