erected
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The mission placed Inside Safe enrollees in a tent structure it had erected several years earlier on a parking lot behind its building on San Pedro Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Spain has now erected new barriers along the breakwater to deter future crossers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A police forensics tent has been erected at the scene and a cordon has been put in place.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
An AFP journalist at the scene saw numerous emergency vehicles lining a nearby road and a large tent erected as police combed the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
More effective, although unpremeditated, were the obstacles erected by the four little boys, Fred, Dan, Jack, and Bob, who kept running in and out of the rooms where the older girls were entertaining their callers.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
