chunk
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The administration also claims that “severe structural deterioration” could require tearing down the building, citing an incident in which a chunk of ceiling collapsed during a recent storm.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Liverpool asset might have eaten up a decent chunk of your budget, but packed guaranteed points for those premium pounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In some regions, insurance costs eat up an even bigger chunk of budgets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
That sales-tax treatment is a crucial piece of financing because the computer chips and servers inside the facilities represent a significant chunk of the projects’ costs, and because that equipment gets replaced every few years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He was worried about getting hit by a large chunk of debris.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
After World War II, Germany lost large chunks of territory that once stretched as far east as Kaliningrad, now part of Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Instead, I’ve been looking at plane tickets, researching heart failure and ordering groceries that, at first, didn’t make much sense together: zucchini, canned pumpkin, chocolate chunks, sticks of cold salted butter.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
But usually these are smaller chunks which temporarily block the rivers, and are easily flushed out, he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The "paints" used were chunks of red and yellow ocher ground into powder and applied with brushes or blown onto the surface through hollow bones.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
