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bridge

[brij] / brɪdʒ /




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"No single COP is a silver bullet. No single conference can bridge the chasm between the science and reality," Simon Stiell, the UN's climate chief, is expected to tell governments on the opening morning.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The company said it would take out a bridge loan of ¥1.640 trillion to fund the acquisition and provide working capital after the deal closes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Tandy is now in his fourth campaign and has yet to demonstrate he can bridge that gap.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

The bridge officially closes to all traffic Saturday and is anticipated to reopen in March of 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Uprooted trees, a telephone pole, and the shingled roof of a small shed floated in the water behind the downed section of the bridge, trapped against the steel girder that now angled into the river.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

“We need to pay for our roads and our bridges and our highways. We need to pay for mass transit. You can’t do it if you don’t have the money,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

In the music scene, the tattooed Argentine MC Cazzu bridges Latin trap with goth visuals, channeling the shadows of South American political history into an unfiltered, dynamic persona.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, bridges across the River Dnipro have been destroyed and sources say the riverbank is also mined and dangerous, so crossing into Ukrainian-controlled territory appears impossible.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

It was a message of wanting to build bridges that he had previously sent in a BBC interview in May 2025, when he had been living in the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

He didn’t want to be like his father, chained to “yessirs” forever, but maybe it was harder to burn bridges and break habits than he thought.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

The most famous story-style intro — it literally begins with, “Here’s a story” — belongs to “The Brady Bunch,” which bridged the 1960s and ’70s, a decade that saw the ebbing of title-sequence stories.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

Calum McFarlane returns in the role of safety net between now and the end of the season, the former Under-21 coach having bridged the gap between Maresca and Rosenior earlier this season.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Several male chimps who had bridged cliques within the larger group died from disease, weakening social ties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

“No, no. I was just—No, no,” the gray-haired man said, leaving his fingers bridged over his eyes.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Time as a candidate, he said, has shown him the importance of effective communication within the court system in bridging language and cultural differences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

More recently, the researchers found tiny physical channels bridging the skull, dura, and brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council are locked in a power struggle over executing the budget and bridging the deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

Wood groaned in protest as he raced across a narrow board bridging this rooftop to the next.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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