bridge
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The city had to bridge a $1.2 billion deficit to balance its budget this year and faces an estimated $700 million deficit next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 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
We’d wandered past the other children to the bridge at the end of the road.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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She also worked with urban developers on pedestrian bridges and walkways in Kyiv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The BBC's Kyle Shiels took this shot from one of the bridges at MediaCity in Salford.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
But by last year, the proposed designs were much wider and added seven pedestrian bridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
No, wait, you have to put in the roads first, because the bridges go over the water, remember?
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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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
First with the Cambridge Footlights and later with the Pythons, Idle honed a linguistically-focused style that bridged highbrow absurdity and accessible, pop culture-driven humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
I can see Dessie now, her gold pince-nez wabbling on a nose not properly bridged for pince-nez, her eyes streaming with hilarious tears, and her whole front constricted with muscular spasms of laughter.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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
"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
Young, who collaborated with Nike and English footballer Ella Toone on a nail project, thinks we're "in a time where we're bridging the gap between sports and fashion".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
I had spent the last year trying so hard to re-create myself, just being seen by an old pal would feel like bridging a dangerous gap between my current self and who I’d once been.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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