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Recent Examples of bridges
Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Flying bridges Girard-Perregaux’s new caliber GP9530 is an automatic minute repeater and tourbillon, interpreted here with the third bridge of GP’s iconic movement positioned on the caseback.
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Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Milwaukee's older bridges, though, are in better shape than the average Wisconsin bridge built the same decade, the report says.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Milwaukee's older bridges, though, are in better shape than the average Wisconsin bridge built the same decade, the report says.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridges
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Taiwan’s indigenous people –– who nowadays make up just a tiny proportion of the island’s population –– are believed to be the ancestors of many of the groups who came to inhabit lands stretching from Hawaii and Easter Island in the eastern Pacific, to Madagascar, off the coast of east Africa.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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For the millions of women approaching or living through hormonal change, her admission lands at a moment when the science around creatine and women’s health is finally catching up to the marketing.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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The islands are wildlife sanctuaries.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Other routes point drivers toward Norðaravatn, a tranquil village lake that was recently transformed by the islands’ acclaimed ‘Closed for Maintenance’ environmental initiative, where global volunteers and locals hand-built a scenic walking path to protect the surrounding terrain.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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If using a commercial houseplant soil, add some extra perlite and/or orchid bark to lighten it up a bit.—
Dr. Matthew Lisy,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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Sensors give engineers more ways to see inside concrete, steel, soil and water, turning some surprise closures into repairs planned months earlier.—
Alex Krasnok,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon that protected sea turtle nesting grounds and southern Lebanon's Mediterranean coast.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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In 2019, as Scientific American reported at the time, researchers discovered that some poison frog dads may travel as far as 400 meters (or about a quarter of a mile) in an apparent search for ideal nursery grounds.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
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The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Here’s where the story gets sprinkled with fairy dust.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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Top 5 Can’t Miss Explore the beauty of the Northern Neck—the northernmost of Virginia's three peninsulas—at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve.—
Simon Davidson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
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Key sections include the northern Kullaleden and Bjäre peninsulas and the coastal Österlen Way in the east — a quieter alternative to the more popular Stockholm Archipelago routes.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Big dreams may crash down to earth when daily reality gets involved.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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But from a theatrical standpoint, the opportunity to descend into the earth, wander through dark corridors, and sample historic bottles by candlelight?—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
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“Bridges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridges. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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