emplace

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Their results show the carbonatites were emplaced between 830 and 820 million years ago, during a key phase of continental rifting before Rodinia fully broke apart.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

The clock for the supposed Title 42 Armageddon was ticking down as I then crossed the bridge back to El Paso, where more barriers of razor wire had only recently been emplaced.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023

Usually that would mean the nuclear device had been emplaced and the tunnel packed to contain the blast.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022

The emplaced silt and sand is clearly growing again but it's impossible right now for anyone to say if or when another slide might occur.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2020

Scared, the Pilgrims hauled five small cannons from the Mayflower and emplaced them in a defensive fortification.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann