erect

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The only thing I don’t love about Taix is that its owners are tearing it down to erect soulless condos.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Parts of the German business lobby and trade unions, long enthusiastic supporters of free trade, are pushing Berlin to erect barriers to Chinese imports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The work to erect the two tallest towers in Beverly Hills started Friday with an overnight continuous pour of 3,800 cubic yards of concrete, the equivalent of 41,000 wheelbarrows-full.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

One added that it at least gave the industry some certainty in a world where a surplus of cheap steel was causing many countries to erect trade barriers to protect their domestic industry.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

All in the same part of a second it hit him and his back arched, snapped him erect, and then it seemed to fill the whole shelter and slammed into Brian as well.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen