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bridge

[brij] / brɪdʒ /




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It’s no wonder that, when she meets someone who can bridge that gap, she wants to make a monument of it — be it a business, a marriage, a film or a profession of love.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

It’s no wonder that, when she meets someone who can bridge that gap, she wants to make a monument of it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The bridge will be closed to all traffic for 16 months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

A spokesperson for the company said the development would bring "significant benefits", such as "the delivery of the new road bridge" and by helping "attract much-needed investment, create well-paid jobs and provide new training opportunities".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

I crossed a bridge over a river and came to a sign that pointed in the direction I was headed.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Getting around is difficult: The lack of bridges can mean it takes over an hour to drive from one side of a fjord to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

When they were fixed and the road under the bridges opened late last month, a local brewery threw a party to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"What I have to do in my role is try and repair bridges so that the support comes back," Burnham told the British parliament.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Burnham acknowledged that Zelensky was "carrying the heaviest of weights" but avoided attacking Trump, instead telling MPs that his role was to "repair bridges so that the support comes back".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

As quickly as bridges and buildings were destroyed, hundreds of men and women with picks and shovels were sent to clear the rubble.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Intertitle cards bridged some comprehension gaps, but skilled directors used them sparingly.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

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

“Costs are higher than they will be in the future, and that cost difference between projects today and in 10 years from now needs to be bridged with government money,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

His conscience bridged him to his brother and did his pain for him the way at other times he had done his homework.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

It praised “artificial intelligence and machine translation” as “cost-effective methods for bridging language barriers and reducing inefficiencies with the translation process,” and called for phasing out “unnecessary multilingual offerings.”

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

"We have the ability to close it, but they have the ability to open it up again," he told the BBC about bridging the gap to the top nations.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

They reached a fallen oak bridging the river, and crawled over it on their hands and knees.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver


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