eave
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An additional Hungarian team of 15-20 rescuers will eave Hungary on Thursday evening on a military plane provided by the government and arrive at the rescue site on Friday morning, Kovacs said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
And cross blocking between those supports should be installed at least every four to six feet as rafters rise from eave to ridge; walls more than six feet high also need cross supports.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
Over the last two decades, Mike Madrid has battled Democrats, Republicans, Donald Trump and a pesky family of squirrels that assumed residence in the eave of his Midtown Sacramento home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022
The power cable, motion sensor, and microphone visible here are designed to go under the camera, but when mounting under an eave they sit sideways.
From The Verge ● Nov. 14, 2021
The first-aid box and the radio and the wire threaded out the window and through the eave.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The heat risk in a studio apartment under the eaves with no through air -- windows on just one side for example -- was a negative point for Camille Couturier during a viewing with Denke.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Icicles hung from the eaves and snowplows navigated Frankfort’s narrow, winding streets after an unusually cold winter blast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
As depicted in a finely detailed illustration by Mr. Thompson, long eaves hang over the house’s facade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Check out the three-foot icicles dripping from the eaves and keep an eye out for the big boulder by the fire station on the right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
I spot them all over the country, standing on the far side of playing fields, little white prefab buildings with a row of windows unnaturally high up, tucked almost under the eaves.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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