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[brij] / brɪdʒ /




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This year, the city had to bridge a $1.2 billion deficit to balance the budget, as Illinois law requires.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Crowns can also be used to support a dental bridge, which replaces a missing tooth.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Then there are Silents Synced events, which tour the world and bridge the classics to modern musical acts.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

According to their report, investigators observed “the center conductor dangling free from the bridge section of the tower; it appeared that the remaining two conductors were not bored down to the tower bridge.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

“My wife’s in our car, back near the bridge to Magpie Island. I think she has a broken ankle.”

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

That’s like my hobby because there are not many chances in L.A. that you get to drive across bridges of that magnitude.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Getting investors to look past the dazzle of artificial intelligence and data centers toward ordinary roads, bridges and cell towers is a fairly tall order these days.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Every surveyed coordinate in the country—boundaries, bridges, runways—was suddenly wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

It is unclear the intention of the meeting, but it is expected that Infantino will attempt to build bridges in an attempt to create a path to remaining as president.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

I did cities on the ocean, cities with two rivers meeting in the middle, cities with one big river that bent, cities with bridges, crazy interchanges, circles and boulevards.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

McCreary began creating television and film scores, discovered his inner metalhead, and has since bridged those worlds with his “Singularity” project.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

In 1829, she discovered the first Squaloraja fossil - known as the fish with the "curling iron eyes" - it was an ancient creature which bridged the gap between sharks and rays.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

In tech, Epstein’s ties actually bridged two previously disconnected clusters of firms, joining Microsoft, Apple, Cisco and IBM into a single connected network.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

The stockpile swaps bridged longer shipping times, and alternative cargoes began to arrive in force.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

It was the shortest night of the year, the only night when, for one breathless moment at dawn, the barriers between this world and the spirit world were bridged.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Their divide is far more soluble than that of the underlying conflict in the Middle East, but bridging it still remains a work in progress.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

"She has led major international initiatives on sustainable development and dialog among cultures, bridging Latin America, the Arab world, Africa and Europe," Tonga wrote.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Walter Mondale pioneered the liaison job, bridging the gap between the outsider President Jimmy Carter, and Mondale’s former congressional colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Harris-Wakelam said organisers were speaking to banks about bridging loans to get artists paid sooner.

From BBC May 14, 2026

It was now Adams’s turn to attempt a bridging of the gap.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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