bridge

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Recent Examples of bridge The Navy paid for use of the facilities and served as a bridge to keep the university operational through the war. David Ubben, New York Times, 11 July 2025 Some lanes of the bridge were temporarily closed for a police investigation but have since reopened, the Delaware Memorial Bridge authority announced on social media. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025 While the accident didn't involve any other vehicles, the left lane of the bridge was closed, causing delays in the morning commute. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 11 July 2025 The new frozen margarita platform bridges both ends of that spectrum. Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bridge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridge
Noun
  • There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Compost is an all-purpose, slow-release soil amendment that provides a wide range of nutrients to plants while improving the health and structure of the soil.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025
  • The book deftly expresses both grief for all of the violence perpetrated on American soil and a profound love for all of the beings that inhabit this continent.
    The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Her lady-in-waiting’s husband, Lord Colin Tennant, spent vast amounts of his fortune on transforming Mustique, a tiny island in the Caribbean, into a party resort for the rich and famous.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
  • Where is the videotape of an Epstein island, x, y and z committing these frauds?
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Every wreck, every ruin is the relic of a shriveled dream, lasting long after the body of its dreamer has been received back into the earth with love or remorse or indifference.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 July 2025
  • While leadership teams pause, the earth beneath them is already shifting.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Personnel requested ground and air ambulances, and began performing life-saving measures.
    Theresa Clift July 12, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
  • Damaging wind and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Heavy rainfall was expected to continue across a massive swath of the Florida peninsula through early Saturday.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
  • On its peninsula in Lake Erie, Cedar Point boasts a larger selection of roller coasters and thrill rides, while Kings Island offers more family rides.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s because adult birds need water for drinking and bathing (though some birds do take dust baths!).
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
  • Here, modernist cocktails made with hickory bark cordial, vermouth caramel, and tomato dust come served in glass ice cream cones or ceramic faces or topped with edible ink.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025

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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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