masonry
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Steel beams can be installed against masonry walls to give older spaces added protection from reverberations, but it’s unclear whether any were installed at Golestan or Chehel Sotoun.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
No action was taken for years but with falling masonry, lingering asbestos, regular fires and exploding toilets, everyone agrees the work needs to be done.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
His graciousness even extended to the treatment of wooden water tanks, which he often wrapped in masonry to give them the appearance of little temples—much nicer to look at from the street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
A witness told AFP that masonry from an eight-storey building in Dhaka had fallen onto a busy road below.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
The downtown area alone had six thousand masonry structures: homes, temples, palaces, and granaries, even an eighteen-foot-high defensive wall.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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"Sonnet 55" by William Shakespeare
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