slab
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A rescuer puts his ear to a hole they've just managed to drill through a concrete slab.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
An eye-witness account of a wild-yet-delightful military tradition: Every summer since the mid-1900s, Naval Academy students have climbed a grease-covered 21-foot slab of granite.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
The addition of heavy landscape planters and thick paving stone on the pool deck in the 1990s further stressed the building, adding tons of uncalculated deadweight to the deficient slab.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
That began with the shocked roar that met Rush’s first number, 1977’s “Xanadu,” a chugging slab of custom-van-tested shag splendor, akin to kicking off a trick show with the most dangerous stunt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Sookie cracked open a Moxie and we sat on a slab of rock while Mr. Patterson looked over the sea.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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