erected
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The prototype has been erected at a former aerodrome near Sandford Lane, in Hucknall, prompting complaints from residents about noise, visual impact and a loss of privacy.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
His campaign erected billboards denouncing discrimination against the Sephardim, and his party accused Netanyahu of sidelining Sephardic members of Likud by limiting their media appearances during the campaign.
From Barron's ● 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
They erected sprawling campuses and upscale strip malls—and even helped turn a moribund river into an Olympic water-sports venue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
In 1483 Diogo Cão erected a marble pillar surmounted by a cross at the mouth of what we now call the Congo River to mark the furthest limit of exploration southwards.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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