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Atlas workers dismantled a makeshift wall of shipping containers between the scrap yard and school, which was intended to prevent sharp metal shards and other debris from flying onto the school yard.

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We dug into the potluck, enjoying member Michael Swain’s makeshift band playing classic rock.

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The BBC understands that several members of Hamas's armed wing, including a commander, were killed in a strike on a makeshift café in central Gaza.

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Last month, a local resident posted a video on Nextdoor of a skillet filled on top of a makeshift fire pit among the brush in Legacy Park.

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Prosecutors allege he attacked four prison officers and was found with multiple makeshift knives.

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