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Recent Examples of slabHandprints at the Bottom of the Stairs In keeping with the meaning of ohana and family, art director Ann Costa came up with the idea of having handprints in the concrete slab at the bottom of the stairs.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 30 May 2025 Residents struggled on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge slab of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of climate change’s impact on the Alps.—Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025 Once the hydraulic jacks were moved underneath the slab, Dr. Meghan Martin’s home rose higher and higher – 12 inches at a time, level on a grid of wooden beams and steel.—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025 Crews worked around the clock to stabilize and rebuild the affected sections, including pouring concrete slabs, laying stone and asphalt, and installing new monitoring systems.—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for slab
But what makes this discovery at the Domus Aurea all the more remarkable is the whopping size of the Egyptian blue ingot in question, which weighs more than five pounds and measures six inches long.
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Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
In 2001, an 80-pound ingot was bought by a private collector for a record $8 million.
With an overall length of 364-feet, beam of over 52-feet, and displacement of 4,550 gross tons, Y726 is one of the largest yachts by volume Oceanco has ever built.
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Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Excavations uncovered a section of wooden pipe built from three tree trunks and measuring over 3 feet across as well as some other beams and wicker used to construct the well.
With selfie-takers increasingly seen as a risk, some art insurers are advocating for stricter protective measures, such as banning selfie sticks and reinforcing barriers around select artworks.
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Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
Its data shows that a stick of 16GB DDR4 RAM can now reach $24, up from a mere $4.40 back in March.
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