construction
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Prosecutors have brought criminal charges against the operator of the containership that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, resulting in the death of six construction workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
If all those under construction and on the drawing board are completed, that figure would rise to 35% by 2030.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Aside from more jobs in areas such as construction, gardening, human resources and science, "benefits" would include "improved bus links, cycling routes, flood resilience, and biodiverse landscaping".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The U.A.E. pipeline project is currently under construction and is expected to become operational in 2027, that country said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The basic framework for all these institutions and traditions was built in a sudden spasm of enforced inspiration and makeshift construction during the final decades of the eighteenth century.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing construction
Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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