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sills

noun

plural of sill

as in beams

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Noun

In addition to the pump and other aforementioned components, the purchase includes a patch kit for repairing punctured beams or base.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
The off-limits area was later scaled back after work crews braced the buckling beams.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

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After opening with a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, the reigning European champions have scored eight goals in the past three games, with Mikel Oyarzabal notching a pair of braces.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Volunteers are also printing neck braces, IV bag holders, and other medical equipment.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

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Carlos Hernández, director of LayerLab, helped organize a nationwide effort to produce splints and immobilizers after the earthquakes.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
The hospital's remaining staffers got creative, making beds and crutches out of wood and using clothes instead of gauze for makeshift splints.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of splints

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According to the press statement, the project is anchored by over 400,000 structural steel piles manufactured by PACO Steel, using 142,000 tons of steel coils from US Steel’s nearby Big River facility.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Burke piles fascinating shuffling sounds on top, invoking a quiet scuffle, maybe some cardboard boxes being knocked over in a storage space.

— Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

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This iconic live-action movie features NBA superstar Michael Jordan, who is recruited by Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, the Tune Squad, for a high-stakes game against an evil theme park owner and his minions, the Monstars, in outer space.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
Despite the high stakes, there’s been no spark or cohesiveness in France’s attack, which has oddly looked devoid of ideas and inspiration.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of stakes

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Drywood termites don’t make colonies underground but live in structural timbers or even furniture and handrails inside a home.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
In 1880, Queen Victoria gave President Hayes a desk made of timbers from the HMS Resolute, which sits in the Oval Office today.

— New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of timbers

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Long before the city became a byword for radical activism, Eugene was a lumber town.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Inside a factory alongside Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley, a forklift delivered a stack of precut lumber to two waiting carpenters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of lumber

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Scroll through the posts below for more coverage on the fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old husband and father from Colombia.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
According to a report on New York’s ABC7, citing an unidentified police source (and multiple social media posts), a large number of fans rushed at least two of the stadium’s gates and got past security without being screened.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 July 2026

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