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roofing

[roo-fing, roof-ing] / ˈru fɪŋ, ˈrʊf ɪŋ /


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For 18 years, Eddy Velazquez did siding, framing, roofing and bathroom remodels in Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

This would speed up the design process, since each roofing job is unique.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The additional time and paperwork can take a toll on a roofing business, Collardson explains.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Inside, pieces of metal roofing, concrete and broken glass litter the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Luckily, the article doesn’t say anything about roofing tar or Duros Construction.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manufacturers of patent roofings use photographs of roofs covered with their products; makers of steam-rollers want photographs of roads tamped by their machines; and so on and on and on.

From Making Your Camera Pay by Frederick C. Davis

When the mine is abandoned and closed these pillars and roofings remain untouched, because removing them constitutes one of the greatest dangers to life, and is one of the frequent causes of mine accidents.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Mary Huston Gregory


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