erected
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Near the mouth of a river, in Powhatan territory, the colonists erected a cross and proclaimed England’s King James I the rightful owner of the place, which they called Jamestown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Grade II-listed statue was erected as a national memorial in 1880 after receiving special permission from Queen Victoria.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Fatima Emar, Mohammed's wife, says that the family had originally erected tents after the houses they had built in 2023 were destroyed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The district is also moving quickly to address the risk posed by the so-called lift-slab construction style of many school buildings erected in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
