erected
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Irish signs will also be erected on four other streets – Kimberley Street, St Johns Place, Indiana Avenue and Mountainview Drive.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
In the lavish memorial erected by his grieving widow, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert is golden, but few world leaders are permanently gilded, and certainly not before their deaths.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
A permanent replacement has yet to be erected -- government approval is needed for religious buildings, and it has not yet been granted.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
In July of that year, the Code Enforcement division of the Planning Department dropped in to inspect and cited Quirky for code violations: litter, outdoor storage, tents erected at a place other than a campsite.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
One of these suggested that there was being erected at Cross Angel Street a new “cold storage” building; and as this suited the condition of a “new-fangled ware’us,” I at once drove to it.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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