gantry
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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
"Apologies to the listeners. You can understand the emotion. Back to you in the gantry."
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
In partnership with architects like Benjamin Albertson and Rad Studio, the robotic gantry system can produce more free-form designs than traditional construction, with tight curves, circles and other elements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important M25 motorway.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
A tall gantry crane against the sullen sky.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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In November 2022, 45 JSO members climbed gantries around the M25 severely disrupting traffic for over four days.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
Over the last four days, its activists have climbed gantries above the highway, forcing it to close in several places.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Just Stop Oil activists said about 15 of its supporters were on gantries at "multiple locations".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
The M25 was disrupted after protesters climbed gantries at multiple locations in November.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
Ladders, gantries, beams, and walkways crossed the gloom above, with small figures moving about them purposefully.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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