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Recent Examples of embrasureThere were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot.—
William Gurstelle,
Popular Mechanics,
11 Apr. 2019
Just grab the knob on the line, stretch it to the opposite end, and secure it in place on the base end that has a hole with a small indentation to pop it in and out in a second.
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Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
21 June 2026
Using your thumb or the back of a spoon, make a shallow indentation in the center of each patty.
The housing bill, formally called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, can still become law if Trump neither signs it nor vetoes it in 10 days, excluding Sundays.
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Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
In the past, many housing developers have shied away from building affordable housing because assembling the subsidies needed to make construction profitable is challenging.
However, Norman Powell appears likely to leave in free agency, and paired with the loss of Herro, that puts a serious dent in the team’s non-Antetokounmpo/Bam Adebayo arsenal.
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Juan Carlos Blanco,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Padres will get four more games in Los Angeles next week to put a dent in those numbers.
Hollywood nostalgia Inside the Geronimo Springs Museum in Truth or Consequences is a veritable shrine to Edwards, who died in 2005 at age 92.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
According to legend, this is where the Archangel Michael set out on his pilgrimage and the town originates in the cave that houses a shrine dedicated to him.
Robin is all but accused of being a runaway servant; Franklin had indeed broken his indenture to his older brother.
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John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
The vibrant and evocative painting foregrounding the Caribbean landscape, its inhabitants, and its histories of slavery and indenture, has been in MoMA’s collection since 1945.