concrete

Under the law of armed conflict, striking power infrastructure is permissible if it makes a concrete contribution to a military operation and the potential harm to civilians is minimized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

He always says the first thing he wants to recover when he's on the pitch is the feeling he had when playing on the concrete pitch in Rocafonda, a working-class neighbourhood in Mataro, Spain.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Following Fedorov's accusations, Syrsky, who led Kyiv's defence in the crucial first months of the 2022 invasion, called for a focus on "the war and on an effective strategy that is currently yielding concrete results".

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

“Instant flashback,” she says, describing how she sat right down on the concrete floor to page through them.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

I imagine the fragments of concrete and soil shaking their heads at me, tsk-tsking and giving me side-eyes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Piles of bricks, slabs of concretes and mounds of rubble, and on the wall that remains standing, a bright green door which now leads to nothing.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022

The Swiss company said it also wants to expand its solutions and products business, which makes pre-cast concretes, roofing products, asphalt and dry mortars to 30% of its revenue.

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2021

The polymer concretes seem to be doing alright, too, so we can just … make more of those.

From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020

They paint their pictures with essential oils, resinoids, concretes and absolutes, the building blocks of fragrance and flavor.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2019

Then Ella dragged Brigit to the Conjure Creole Creamery, where attendants pulled levers making decadent concretes and malted mischief milkshakes full of pralines and petit fours and pieces of pecan pie.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Inside the concreted blocks was an extraordinary cache of iron helmets.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

They were joined by a team of ground radar experts who scanned the heavily concreted property, assisting the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s with serving a search warrant at the home.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

Drone images taken at the site show what appears to be individual, fenced-off plots being created on the concreted land.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Several sewage drains have been concreted over in Karachi to make way for parking lots.

From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2021

There was a small concreted space in front of it that wasn’t a garden, a green Mini parked on the street.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

"We're working with a new contractor for some concreting in the yard and building works," Alan said, adding that he'd received an email asking him to pay so the contractor could buy materials.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024

According to him, construction workers used to be skilled in multiple aspects of the trade, but now the applicants he sees are specialized in specific categories, like framing, concreting or finishing, but not all three.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017

The people behind Supurbia are quick to point out they have no intention of "garden-grabbing" or concreting over green spaces.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2014

Like the fact that you see Boo Radley's father concreting in the hole in the tree where Boo had been leaving gifts for the children.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013

The inside form was designed to permit continuous work by moving the form ahead as the concreting progressed.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers