erected

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In the lavish memorial erected by his grieving widow, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert is golden, but few world leaders are permanently gilded, and certainly not before their deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Irish signs will also be erected on four other streets – Kimberley Street, St Johns Place, Indiana Avenue and Mountainview Drive.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

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

An AFP reporter in Cucuta saw a stage that was erected for the event being dismantled.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

But the statue had been erected three years after Halliday’s death, so I knew it was a dead end.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline