concrete
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It is thought the injury was caused when he collided with a concrete wall.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the end, our digital presence isn’t etched in concrete; it’s an ever-evolving story.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
He added that teams often had to "dig through concrete and twisted steel with their bare hands".
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Before it earned the moniker Chateau Chaparral, the property featured mostly concrete, invasive grasses and succulents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
At the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, the SAC commander marched down a concrete ramp into the earth.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Piles of bricks, slabs of concretes and mounds of rubble, and on the wall that remains standing, a bright green door which now leads to nothing.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022
The Swiss company said it also wants to expand its solutions and products business, which makes pre-cast concretes, roofing products, asphalt and dry mortars to 30% of its revenue.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2021
The polymer concretes seem to be doing alright, too, so we can just … make more of those.
From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020
They paint their pictures with essential oils, resinoids, concretes and absolutes, the building blocks of fragrance and flavor.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2019
Then Ella dragged Brigit to the Conjure Creole Creamery, where attendants pulled levers making decadent concretes and malted mischief milkshakes full of pralines and petit fours and pieces of pecan pie.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Inside the concreted blocks was an extraordinary cache of iron helmets.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
They were joined by a team of ground radar experts who scanned the heavily concreted property, assisting the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s with serving a search warrant at the home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The proposed metal needle bin will be concreted to the ground and will provide a secure way of disposing of sharps.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
Several sewage drains have been concreted over in Karachi to make way for parking lots.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2021
The sandbagging on the ground-floor windows was reinforced, and civilian contractors were on the roofs checking the firmness of the chimney stacks and the concreted skylights.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
He added that nobody knows what might happen in that time, so Russian companies would not be "concreting over their oil-wells".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2022
According to him, construction workers used to be skilled in multiple aspects of the trade, but now the applicants he sees are specialized in specific categories, like framing, concreting or finishing, but not all three.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017
The people behind Supurbia are quick to point out they have no intention of "garden-grabbing" or concreting over green spaces.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2014
Like the fact that you see Boo Radley's father concreting in the hole in the tree where Boo had been leaving gifts for the children.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013
The forms for the top were all put in place before any concreting was done on the top, and the carpenters discharged.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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