builder
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Walsh started his career as a professional builder before rising to fame alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock on the BBC's Ground Force from 1997 to 2005.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
The Arlington, Texas, home builder logged earnings of $741.8 million, or $2.67 a share, for the fiscal fourth quarter ended in September, down from $905.3 million, or $3.04 a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Raised in Queens, the son of a builder and a dressmaker, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife of 41 years, Katherine, and still takes the subway to watch his beloved Knicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
On the same measure, home builder Lennar is back to housing bust levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Joe the builder knocked at the door frame.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
With winning candidates promising moratoriums in key states, data-center builders are weighing their options, from going overseas to building in the desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
There is a whiff of postelection optimism about the housing market that is boosting the battered shares of home builders in an otherwise volatile stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Despite investor optimism, home builders still face rising labor and materials costs, plummeting sales and a 14-year low in builder sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Home builders also face rising costs for distribution, storage and transportation of materials and tools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But the mound builders in Louisiana built these massive constructions at a time when agriculture was barely under way—it was like the whiff in the air from a faraway ocean.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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