erected
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A security perimeter of metal fencing and barricades had been erected to try to keep those without a ticket out.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
For their part, they were probably embarrassed to realize that you had given enough and erected an invisible, though unmistakable, boundary between the two households.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
It is a central element in the lavish altars erected to the deceased on November 1-2 and is also used to festoon homes and streets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The French erected the Eiffel Tower more quickly and cheaply, even after adjusting for inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A barrier of sawhorses had been erected, and the women whose husbands were inside stood in a special place behind them.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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