erected

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Before that, the 50-year-old artist, who years ago dropped his surname Javacheff, erected a billowing, white “running fence” that curved through California farm lands like a ghostly ribbon dropped by an unseen hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Similar statues have been erected elsewhere in the world, the first of which went up in Seoul in 2011.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

They just erected a Blue Note here in Los Angeles, which is awesome.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Erishkigal's ugallus had erected a palatial tent of shimmering midnight blue.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda