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Merlo’s ambitions and braggadocio didn’t have much of a shelf life: On Wednesday, the company announced it was deconstructing the edifice he had erected, by splitting into two companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
How long ago was this ancient stone erected?
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 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
Japanese troops fortified buildings, planted land mines, and erected tank traps in anticipation of the siege on Manila.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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