erect
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Today, it has buildings erected a century or more ago when coal was booming.
What makes these allegations particularly concerning is that, if accurate, they’d amount to an established firm erecting barriers to entry to a smaller competitor—classic anticompetitive behavior.
Railway operator Deutsche Bahn erected a temporary bridge that opened two months later, only to be rammed by another ship in July, interrupting rail traffic again for another month.
Hong Kong is famous for its use of the scaffolding, which is erected by tying bamboo poles together with nylon fasteners.
From BBC
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
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