girder
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When he’s up, we soar from girder to girder in a tight POV that allows us to barely make out the tips of his boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Scanning the rubble, Ali caught sight of a pink, soot-covered pair of girls’ tracksuit bottoms, hanging from a steel girder jutting out of the heap.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
A construction crew was removing a clock base from a Pine Street sidewalk on April 25 when they broke through the tunnel ceiling at Westlake Station, damaging a concrete girder above the northbound tracks.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
They can also penetrate materials that x-rays cannot, enabling researchers to image the interiors of big objects such as a running engine or a steel girder.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2021
He was backing away when Frightful lit on the girder and, putting one foot in front of the other, ran to the eggs.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Starting in 2023, they tore out its center and moved steel girders until they resembled Swiss cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Crews will install girders over the freeway to support the crossing, a vegetated bridge that will reconnect wildlife habitat, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Meanwhile, South King County motorists should beware of overnight shutdowns of I-5 this weekend, while contractors lift 10 bridge girders above the freeway at South 216th Street, as part of a Highway 509 extension project.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
She moved past one of the thick steel girders that supported the roof.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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