scaffolding

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City information officer Jay Pelayo told news agency AFP that the building's walls and scaffolding surrounding it had buckled, likely trapping people in a pile of debris.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

For decades, gaming subsidized artificial intelligence, forging the careers of today’s AI visionaries and providing the scaffolding for major AI breakthroughs.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

The new test is proceeding despite the recent death of a worker who reportedly fell from scaffolding at the Texas site.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Because when you strip away the scaffolding, when you set aside the tone and the length and the performance of rigor, what remains is not complicated at all.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

At the other end, the Capitol was under construction, with scaffolding bracing the inside of its famous dome.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly