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In July of that year, the Code Enforcement division of the Planning Department dropped in to inspect and cited Quirky for code violations: litter, outdoor storage, tents erected at a place other than a campsite.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Blank signage erected around the town ahead of the meter rollout has been defaced with the same word: "Resist".

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Across the street, organisers erected pop-up tents behind temporary barricades, offering the ever-growing media crowd some shelter from the frequent downpours.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The first ordinance applied to buildings erected before 1975 and was focused primarily on downtown.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Instead, when the fever rampaged through Philadelphia in summers to come, vast tent encampments were erected for the poor by the Schuylkill River and in the Northern Liberties.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy