planks

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Sitting atop the RCA Building, today better known as 30 Rock, the ironworkers were not as free-flying as they seem: The author suggests there would have been planks about 12 feet below.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In the beginning, Peck says it was easy to find trees and hire a mobile sawmill to cut them into planks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

For the Tanglewood strategist, though, most of the planks in the investment rationale remain intact.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Wark told AFP that Canada's challenge in the Arctic has two main planks.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

“Mr. Woodwell says I got to pry off these two planks, Rose. I hope you don’t mind.”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick