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drawbridge
noun
draw·bridge
ˈdrȯ-ˌbrij 
: a bridge made to be raised up, let down, or drawn aside so as to permit or hinder passage see castle illustration
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Sidney Lanier Bridge An 11,000-ton freighter called the African Neptune crashed into a drawbridge over the Brunswick River in coastal southeast Georgia, destroying a 450-foot section of the bridge.
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Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Miami Beach police responded because the drawbridge was up, law enforcement sources said, and due to an agreement between both departments.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Currently, an aging drawbridge serves as the only means for carrying daily passenger trains operated by Brightline and freight trains run by the Florida East Coast Railway.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
At the current home of the British Library, which opened in 1998, George III’s books are kept in a six-story bronze-and-glass tower that rises through the heart of the building, accessible by walkways that can be retracted, like drawbridges.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
Satellites, rockets, and other hardware regularly transit this road, which previously had a drawbridge dating to 1964.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2023
The ability of the far right to break into the castle has always been contingent on the center-right establishment lowering the drawbridge.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
The moats are metaphorical, the drawbridge always down.
—Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
The Ashleigh and its barges in tow struck the drawbridge on Oct. 7, 2021, causing some $584,911 in damages.
—Blake Kaplan The Sun Herald (tns), al, 1 Sep. 2023
Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Miami Beach police responded because the drawbridge was up, law enforcement sources said, and due to an agreement between both departments.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Currently, an aging drawbridge serves as the only means for carrying daily passenger trains operated by Brightline and freight trains run by the Florida East Coast Railway.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
At the current home of the British Library, which opened in 1998, George III’s books are kept in a six-story bronze-and-glass tower that rises through the heart of the building, accessible by walkways that can be retracted, like drawbridges.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
Satellites, rockets, and other hardware regularly transit this road, which previously had a drawbridge dating to 1964.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2023
The ability of the far right to break into the castle has always been contingent on the center-right establishment lowering the drawbridge.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
The moats are metaphorical, the drawbridge always down.
—Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
The Ashleigh and its barges in tow struck the drawbridge on Oct. 7, 2021, causing some $584,911 in damages.
—Blake Kaplan The Sun Herald (tns), al, 1 Sep. 2023
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“Drawbridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drawbridge. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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drawbridge
noun
draw·bridge
-ˌbrij
: a bridge made to be wholly or partly raised up, let down, or drawn aside so as to permit or prevent passage
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