Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridgepoles
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Norwegian Lundehunds have six fully functional toes, a neck that can bend backward to touch their spines, and ears that can fold shut to keep water out.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026 -
The technology is engineered to keep customers' spines aligned.—
Charlotte Maracina,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
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Within the 10 rooms, wooden beams and centuries-old doors coexist with rainfall showers.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Wrap string lights around railings or porch beams for a warm glow.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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The three-block stretch, between 16th and 19th avenues, looks markedly different from just a year ago, when tents, abandoned cars and piles of trash crowded the street and sidewalks.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Black smoke billowed into the night sky of the Ukrainian capital, the morning revealing charred cars and piles of debris scattered next to damaged buildings.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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But the highest-stakes appeals to reasonableness have always been in the law.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Just six months from high-stakes midterm elections, Democrats need to be explaining how to bake that pie.—
Evan Thies,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Breathability The best plantar fasciitis night splints are as breathable as possible to avoid excess sweating during the night.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Health care providers can perform X-Rays, put on splints and suture wounds, test for respiratory illnesses and viral infections such as COVID and strep throat and perform urine analysis, among other services.—
Jonny Williams,
The Providence Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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Update to the latest version to see all Vogue content, as well as new features like our Runway Genius quiz, Group Chats, and posts from Vogue contributors.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2026
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Sharon, who used ChatGPT to learn about the egrets, posts nightly updates in a Facebook group dedicated to the prevention efforts.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
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Deep in the woods, a tree had fallen over a power line, blocking the road out of the canyon and effectively shutting off all of the electricity in the immediate area.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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Heather Kemps That eventually drove the couple to a tent in the woods of Pottstown.—
Kim Hudson,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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But someone on every construction crew must endlessly ferry supplies from the lumber yard to the site.—
Nick Morton,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
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From being a major cotton and lumber port in the 19th century to producing some of the East Coast’s most revered oysters in recent years, this riverside town has remnants of history around every corner.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Ridgepoles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridgepoles. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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