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roof

[roof, roof] / ruf, rʊf /


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The most disruptive part of the retrofit work was carried out first, and included the insulation of shared walls, flooring and the roof.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

"It's been very noticeable that since there's been wildfires in the South, the coverage has gone through the roof."

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Then they turned a garden hose on the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The fire, believed to have started in the roof of the 500,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse, immediately raised health concerns because of the thick smoke that spread across the area.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

He remembered his dream of falling into the Sea of Nowhere, of the moment Mrs. Contreras told him that Pili had run away, of the seconds after he fell from the Finnegan roof.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"If you look around, there are hardly any houses with iron-sheet roofs; most are just thatched houses."

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The board also clarified it would not require the removal of trees, although limbs would need to be trimmed away from roofs and chimneys.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Some had trees growing through fallen roofs, one had a wasp nest peeking out the window, and many had red diamonds indicating they were at risk of collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The temporary walls and roofs, the tables and chairs, the music.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Our room looked over roofs down to where this funny quay crooks into the sea.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Yeah, I built houses with my parents and I’ve roofed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2025

Pageau scored his second and capped off the scoring at 14:26 of the third period when he roofed a wrist shot past the glove of Kuemper to extend the Islanders lead to 5-0.

From Washington Times Dec. 29, 2023

The team also discovered the remains of a roofed theatre, which could have seated 1,500 people.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2023

This temple was a small structure, not higher in all than a man’s shoulder and made of grey bricks and roofed with tile.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

Seek a second opinion from your own independent roofing contractor, including a report on the previous repair to the roof.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

And some features that had previously been eliminated needed to be returned to the home, including original roofing, porches and even light switches.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighbourhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

If they install impact-resistant roofing, some insurance companies will offer homeowners discounted premiums as a reward for disaster-proofing their home.

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

The cobblestone house is topped off with Venetian-red roofing and a bricked chimney that reaches to the sky.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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