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scaffold

[skaf-uhld, -ohld] / ˈskæf əld, -oʊld /


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The reforms will help, but more are needed, including fixing the state’s scaffold law that holds property owners and contractors fully liable for gravity-related construction injuries even if a worker is at fault.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

First, a supportive scaffold layer within the developing spine started to deteriorate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Physically and spiritually, San Juan Capistrano is centered around its mission, one of 21 established by the Catholic Church under the Spanish crown in the 18th and 19th centuries, forming the scaffold of modern-day California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

It then spends hours creating a cone-shape "scaffold" of dozens of tension lines, around which it finally wraps a thinner type of silk before retreating upwards.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The traffic beacon at the top of a metal scaffold cast a fitful red light as it blinked on and off.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

They chemically treated the material to produce scaffolds designed to remain stable and durable.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

Some of the work is physically risky and will require crews being lowered in uspended scaffolds known as swing stages used by window cleaners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

For example, in the civilian context, when construction workers fall off scaffolds and can’t walk until receiving surgery and physical therapy, their employers have to provide them workers’ compensation.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026

Bamboo scaffolds have "intrinsic weaknesses such as variation in mechanical properties, deterioration over time and high combustibility, etc, giving rise to safety concerns", the bureau's spokesperson Terence Lam was quoted as saying.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

She recalled trucks shaking the webbing, men on scaffolds and cherry pickers.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

It’s “yet another advantage IBM can bring to bear in enabling, scaling, and governing production AI systems that will necessarily need to be scaffolded atop existing IT architectures,” Boolani wrote.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Their work proved that the new scaffolded cryo-EM approach can illuminate how drug molecules bind with and inhibit cellular proteins like KRAS, and could help guide the development of more effective drugs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2023

Looming as we approached the nexus of Olive and Stewart, Seattle’s version of Times Square, was an enormous, elevated sign featuring a scaffolded Great Northern Railway mountain goat atop a showy slogan: “EMPIRE BUILDER.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

If New England’s stable infrastructure — owned, coached and quarterbacked by the same people for nearly two decades — scaffolded its dynasty, then its draft management sustained it.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

From the unfinished, scaffolded building a figure emerged, came running.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Lately, that scaffolding has become harder for restaurants to hide.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Workers removed Trump's name from the building in June, but scaffolding and tarps have remained ever since.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The Tyne Bridge is undergoing a major restoration project so large parts of it were covered in scaffolding.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Raw scaffolding stretches through the space, surrounding an evolving sculptural installation that feels as though it is still in the process of arriving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sierra glanced down from the scaffolding to where Manny the Domino King stood with his arms crossed over his chest.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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