planks

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Sitting atop the RCA Building, today better known as 30 Rock, the ironworkers were not as free-flying as they seem: The author suggests there would have been planks about 12 feet below.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

For the Tanglewood strategist, though, most of the planks in the investment rationale remain intact.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

"That’s how I got the idea that if you wanted to make a building toy, you had to do it with planks."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

He now helps his mother gather firewood from collapsed houses, pulling loose planks from the debris to sell.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry