build
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"Once we've pulled the rug out from underneath that relationship, it's really difficult to build it back," Logan said, pointing to strong competition from producers like Brazil and Argentina.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Buying spectrum is not a commitment to build a nationwide network,” Rezaei wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
“They have destroyed a lot of buildings to build these outposts, and that is something that can’t be undone, but they could easily leave these giant dirt berms where they are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"It was not a priority for us to build new houses," Galindo says.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Even if you wanted to build a house back there, how would you get to it in the winter?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Since then, "supply has not kept up", falling from around 260,000 new builds per year in the 1990s to 92,000 in 2025, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Appian itself isn’t strictly an AI company—the firm builds automation software that it sells to governments and enterprises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Thirlwall said the track, which mixes her striking vocals with Hans Zimmer's signature orchestral builds, was written to be "celebratory".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
She spends time learning carpentry and eventually builds her own desk.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“Here where Nature has builded her finest playground, man has added the material things which provide the comforts that make life worth while,” proclaimed a 1921 advertisement in The Times titled “The Great Southwest.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Here William Rufus had builded; here Coke and Bacon handed down the Law.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Percy Haughton's widow watched the Columbia team that he had builded sink to defeat before Cornell at Ithaca.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His published memoirs, Remembered Yesterdays,* is a book that tells a little of a man whose talents symbolized his century and whose beliefs typify the faiths on which this nation was builded.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We have builded our Camp anew, & as it saith in Genesis, “/ dwell in the Tents of Shem.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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“The way all these bases are being built is a kind of reflection for the sad fact that Israel actually has no strategy,” said Michael Milshtein, a former Israeli military intelligence officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Many prestige events and newly built venues also include an increased proportion of hospitality ticketing, which can drive up costs for fans wanting standard tickets.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Instead of relying entirely on protective structures built on the surface, future astronauts might be able to use some of the Moon's existing geological formations as shelters.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Tesla delivered 22,141 more vehicles than it built in the third quarter, and selling cars from inventory releases cash that Tesla cannot keep drawing on indefinitely.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Perhaps, communicating with spirits was the way they made their livings, built lives, and saved themselves.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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From the start, one of Walmart’s primary automation goals has been building a neat, tightly wrapped pallet in the exact order that it needs to be unloaded at stores, which would save on labor costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
To prepare for the winter and possible disruptions, the city has been building backup heating systems and stockpiling fuel, food and drinking water, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
She said there were no mold issues in the East building but that the shower curtains were torn and had developed mold and mildew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Curo said the extra money was primarily to increase the block's sinking fund, which acts as a long-term savings account for building costs.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
If he wasn’t hitting, sawing, or building something, he wasn’t happy.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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