girder
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When he’s up, we soar from girder to girder in a tight POV that allows us to barely make out the tips of his boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The girder was part of a project to build elevated highways in the city.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
Repair crews from Kraemer North America need pumped-in concrete to build large blocks on the girder floors, then allow 28 days for curing.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
They can also penetrate materials that x-rays cannot, enabling researchers to image the interiors of big objects such as a running engine or a steel girder.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2021
Sam looked up at the long horizontal girder, then down at his body.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Starting in 2023, they tore out its center and moved steel girders until they resembled Swiss cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Men looking out over the city from balconies or gazing at it through the crisscrossed steel girders of a bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Checkpoints and barricades, walls of sandbags and tank traps welded from steel girders were rushed out onto Kyiv's broad boulevards.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
The bridge is supported by four curved metal structures that secure it to the stone wall, and by a maze of narrow girders beneath its lower tier.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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