erected

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The only object that could better symbolize his time in office is the gold toilet erected as an art installation in D.C. by a mysterious collective called the Secret Handshake.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

AFP journalists at Granadilla saw white tents erected along the quay and that the police, some in protective medical suits, had sealed off part of the small industrial port.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Longleat has its own historical collection and archives that include the very first pound used for entry and documents for when they erected the park's first fences.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

There was that word again, erected between them like a wall.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray