construction
Example Sentences
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In Riyadh, construction crews in recent months parked their backhoes at a quarter-mile-wide pit where the world’s largest building—a gargantuan cube that could hold 20 Empire State Buildings—was supposed to be built.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The work took place during construction of the new "Römerstadtschule," where archaeologists excavated more than 4,500 square meters at the center of the ancient Roman city.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
District Judge Richard Leon ordered a temporary halt to construction.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Now in her 80s, Lami Ezekiel remembers construction crews arriving in her ancestral home in Maitama, as it was destroyed to build Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Coal pulled up the two videos of himself at the construction site and let them play.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
