girder
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Scanning the rubble, Ali caught sight of a pink, soot-covered pair of girls’ tracksuit bottoms, hanging from a steel girder jutting out of the heap.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
All three bridge spans have been outfitted with 24-hour measuring devices, plus closed-circuit cameras within the girder sections where cracks formed in the 2010s.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
The rise of white collar work in downtown L.A. — and the invention of elevators and steel girder construction — also contributed to skyline development at the turn of the century, Deverell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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
Ms. Ando, one of more than 30 artists and city officials whom the authors spoke to, decided on steel girders nearly three stories tall that had fallen from the top of Tower Two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 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
Installation of the steel girders were completed back in April, and crews have since been assembling wood forms and placing reinforcing rods in preparation for concrete pouring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
I looked up at the black girders of the huge bridge and saw a figure scamper precariously from perch to perch.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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