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The French erected the Eiffel Tower more quickly and cheaply, even after adjusting for inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the tents erected in Munich for Oktoberfest, the atmosphere can be intoxicating enough without the alcohol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Along the boundary with China, Kim's government has erected fences and installed cameras as well as strips of sand that preserve the footprints of anyone who crosses.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Around that time, an office prankster briefly erected a life-size cardboard cutout of imprisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried—a joke partly about how similar Coplan, a fellow crypto billionaire, is in appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Near the river, workers had erected a wooden platform for the Autumn Faire.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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