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concrete

[kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong-] / ˈkɒn krit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ- /




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It is thought the injury was caused when he collided with a concrete wall.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

But the whole experience has made me wary enough that now, whether I’ve trekked through nature or the concrete jungle, a quick tick check is a part of my nighttime routine.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

You’ve said how you treat your employees comes from how poorly your father was treated in a concrete manufacturing plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

They hired a crew to jackhammer away much of the concrete and replace it with crushed black lava rock from C&M Topsoil.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Elegant fountains dotted the property, looped and connected by polished concrete walkways edged with well-manicured landscaping that gave a historic university feel to an otherwise state-of-the-art facility.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

Drone images taken at the site show what appears to be individual, fenced-off plots being created on the concreted land.

From BBC May 6, 2026

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 abutment forms were built up as the concreting progressed.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers




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