concrete
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Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
For now, the only concrete measure adopted by both Anthropic and OpenAI is the inclusion of independent observers who will internally verify the companies' work regarding AI safety.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
For the Al-Drimly family, the spark of hope triggered by the photo hasn’t resulted in anything concrete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He has designed and installed small concrete shelters for them in the lake itself, and set up his own captive population in a greenhouse at his home in Llanarth.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ivy was still nearby, turning the dots of water splashed onto the concrete into an artistic design.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Piles of bricks, slabs of concretes and mounds of rubble, and on the wall that remains standing, a bright green door which now leads to nothing.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022
The Swiss company said it also wants to expand its solutions and products business, which makes pre-cast concretes, roofing products, asphalt and dry mortars to 30% of its revenue.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2021
The polymer concretes seem to be doing alright, too, so we can just … make more of those.
From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020
They paint their pictures with essential oils, resinoids, concretes and absolutes, the building blocks of fragrance and flavor.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2019
Then Ella dragged Brigit to the Conjure Creole Creamery, where attendants pulled levers making decadent concretes and malted mischief milkshakes full of pralines and petit fours and pieces of pecan pie.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Inside the concreted blocks was an extraordinary cache of iron helmets.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
They were joined by a team of ground radar experts who scanned the heavily concreted property, assisting the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s with serving a search warrant at the home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Drone images taken at the site show what appears to be individual, fenced-off plots being created on the concreted land.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Several sewage drains have been concreted over in Karachi to make way for parking lots.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2021
There was a small concreted space in front of it that wasn’t a garden, a green Mini parked on the street.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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He added that nobody knows what might happen in that time, so Russian companies would not be "concreting over their oil-wells".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2022
The concreting of Houston’s green spaces removed key sponges for Harvey’s water, which sloshed into people’s homes.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2019
According to him, construction workers used to be skilled in multiple aspects of the trade, but now the applicants he sees are specialized in specific categories, like framing, concreting or finishing, but not all three.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017
The people behind Supurbia are quick to point out they have no intention of "garden-grabbing" or concreting over green spaces.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2014
Each side wall was built its full height in successive 50-ft. lengths by depositing the concrete between two forms which were moved upward as the concreting progressed.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
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