bridge
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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
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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
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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
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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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