piers
Example Sentences
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It sits not on a foundation but on helical piers screwed into the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
It consists of a wide exedra—a curved, high-backed bench—flanked by piers and supporting eight columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But in 1982-83, when another super El Niño occurred, storms destroyed multiple piers and ripped away a 400-foot section of the Santa Monica Pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Images on social media showed one of its supporting stone piers was leaning at an angle and part of the metalwork had twisted and fallen into the river.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
First was the arcade of piers that rose eighty feet from the foundation.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
