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 Spey Viaduct, an iron girder structure near Garmouth, was built in 1886 and while no longer used for trains, was popular with cyclists and walkers.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
In future months, another disruption may happen during permanent girder and ceiling repairs, Pihlstrom said.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
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
I don’t make it very far before I have to stop, my feet on one girder and my left arm on another.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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
"I think this bridge is absolutely key to Prague," said architect and bridge engineer, Petr Tej, running his hand over the rust-coated girders of the 123-year-old Vysehrad railway bridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
For a long time, I wandered aimlessly—past ruined parks, blasted statuary, vacant lots overgrown with weeds and collapsed apartment houses with rusted girders poking out of their sides like ribs.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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