construction
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The incident will likely reignite debate on whether LNG was the right choice for Glen Sannox and its sister ship Glen Rosa, whose construction has been marred by delays and cost rises.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Caterpillar and John Deere, for example, now may have to violate either U.S. or U.K. law because Israeli companies buy their construction equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"That's why it's urgent to foster closer cooperation between the parties to reconcile construction projects with federal legislation on fossils and promote new discoveries while ensuring the proper preservation of our heritage," Mayer comments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Also, a $400,000 construction bill doesn’t mean the finished house will add $400,000 to your property’s market value.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
He’d be spotted any minute, halfway in the construction site, and halfway out on the sidewalk.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Novels from Valeria Luiselli and Katy Simpson Smith explore the connections between human relationships and the deliberate constructions of art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
At the same time, the mathematical foundations behind these constructions are highly advanced and demand careful analytical work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
Man Ray also built ingenious collages, bas-relief constructions and elegant chess sets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Not surprisingly, the new necessities have made new constructions a harder sell.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The scale of their constructions and their agriculture infrastructure required sophisticated civic and social organization.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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