erected

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Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire and Goodyear erected giant factories and mansions around town.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The only object that could better symbolize his time in office is the gold toilet erected as an art installation in D.C. by a mysterious collective called the Secret Handshake.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

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

AFP journalists at Granadilla saw white tents erected along the quay and that the police, some in protective medical suits, had sealed off part of the small industrial port.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

When we were done we rested, and looked at the altar that we had erected.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya