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The kindergarten playground, weathered from decades of brutal winters, had turned hazardous; at times, sharp screws protruded from some of the equipment, and kids routinely got splinters from the wooden crossbeams.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2023

Also, a section of the future Redmond Technology Station Park-and-Ride garage had to be rebuilt because of cracked crossbeams, a problem the agency announced back in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

The show's title piece is a heap of rock spikes supported by metal crossbeams and piled beneath an electronic stock-market ticker display.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

Most of the homes were reduced to ashes, twisted metal and broken water pipes splashing onto heaps of charred crossbeams.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2017

In their luxurious sublet in Ann Arbor, Mia had taken various pieces of her hosts’ furniture apart and arranged the components—bolts as thick as her finger, unvarnished crossbeams, disembodied feet—into animals.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng