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Recent Examples of girderOn Monday, Placer County officials began removing 750 tons of bridge debris, such as 10-feet tall and 200-foot-long girders.—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025 During the closure, crews will repair a steel girder on the bridge, according to the release.—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, in China's southwestern Guizhou Province, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge reached a milestone with the installation of its final steel girder.—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025 This summer, construction workers put the final concrete girder in place for the Hanford Viaduct, an elevated structure more than 6,300 feet long.—Joel Rose, NPR, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for girder
The flame-wielder is a tough match for Mecha Man, necessitating some extrajudicial aggression as Robert lops off two of his opponent’s fingers with a beam saber.
Roughly halfway through the journey to the capital, Gjoshe was one of 11 people seriously injured by a knife attack on board.
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Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
Members of the Little Rock housing authority's board of commissioners on Friday voted to recommend that Keith Fountain be appointed to a five-year term on the board.
Housed in an early 20th-century former bank at 469 North Canon Drive, the boutique preserves its original architectural detailing, arches and columns, lending itself to Casablanca’s signature design DNA.
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Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Short-foot activation Stand barefoot and gently press your toes into the floor while drawing the ball of your foot slightly toward your heel, creating a subtle arch.
Six hours later, Kim and David watched their prize hauled tail-first to the crossbeam of the scales back at Darenberg’s dock in Montauk.
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Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
Videos captured the ensuing chaos as people on the shoreline and bridge span ran in terror, and Navy cadets dangled from the ship's crossbeams and sailcloth.
The two winners move on to the next round of the tournament bracket.
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Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
The largest age bracket at the NYC Marathon was 25-29, with nearly 11,000 coming from that cohort alone—more than 1,000 above any other five-year range.
Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
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