- present participle of build.
building
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“We were just building a ton of stuff.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
As fire ripped through the apartment building, the stepfather of five paused to talk the unidentified pregnant woman out of jumping from the second-story window to the dirt and concrete below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
He called for a renewed emphasis on technical education and wanted to see a decade of council house building on the scale of the post-war Labour government.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Although the math in the bond market is starting to shift in favor of buying, investors interested in building diversified portfolios now have plenty of other options.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But the church building itself, dating back to better days, was large, and so was Willem and Tine’s house across the street.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“Unsheltered” people live outdoors, in cars, in abandoned buildings, or in other places deemed unfit for human habitation, HUD says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
SpaceX is now developing its Gigasat facilities, with buildings for manufacturing AI satellites and solar cells that the company said could eventually grow to cover 11 million square feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Nearly all the population of more than two million Gazans have been driven from their homes, leaving most living in squalid tent camps or damaged buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tiny flying robots may one day help rescuers search for people trapped beneath collapsed buildings after earthquakes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
He looked out into the darkening sky as the last hints of sunlight shone between the buildings.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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