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Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

In each of the past five years, on average, only 200 miles of new transmission and distribution lines have been erected.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Nearby, the community has erected several artificial beehives to boost honey production, which forms the backbone of the local economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Longleat has its own historical collection and archives that include the very first pound used for entry and documents for when they erected the park's first fences.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Scorned when it was first erected in the late 1950s, it is a brilliant, if idiosyncratic, creation by one of the most original architectural minds of the century.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson