erected

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Before that, the 50-year-old artist, who years ago dropped his surname Javacheff, erected a billowing, white “running fence” that curved through California farm lands like a ghostly ribbon dropped by an unseen hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Longleat has its own historical collection and archives that include the very first pound used for entry and documents for when they erected the park's first fences.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The 1,000-foot turbines will tower over these homes as they are being erected.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

New cars, heavy with fins and chrome, were parked in front of miners’ houses from New Camp to Frog Level, and new swing sets, brightly painted, were erected in the backyards.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam