to the roof
Example Sentences
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"It's like searching for a needle in 50,000 football stadiums filled to the roof with hay. The machine finds the needle in an hour," explains Annabel Rolofs from the University of Bonn.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Structural repairs to the roof and plant building are under way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Mehta, who didn't know how to swim, climbed on to the roof of his car as it began to sink and rang his father who rushed to the scene and alerted the emergency services.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
The empty car, which had a "Happy Chanukah" sign fixed to the roof, was scorched by the fire while parked in a house driveway, images on national broadcaster ABC television showed.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
His tongue was dry and stuck to the roof of his mouth, as if he’d licked an entire jar of peanut butter.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
