erect
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That same month, she pushed to erect a statue of him at the Capitol building in San Juan alongside other presidents who’ve visited the island.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Plans to erect a statue in New Zealand symbolising the so-called comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War Two have been rejected.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
You can’t snap your fingers, wash away a whole world, erect a new one, and have it work well and quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The work to erect the two tallest towers in Beverly Hills started Friday with an overnight continuous pour of 3,800 cubic yards of concrete, the equivalent of 41,000 wheelbarrows-full.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
In a CDO you gathered one hundred different mortgage bonds—usually, the riskiest, lower floors of the original tower—and used them to erect an entirely new tower of bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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