rafter

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I once had to use 1-inch diameter through bolts to secure rafter ties at the bottom of rafters on a steep 17/12 pitch roof.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Earlier this year, I read a book called Built to Move, by Kelly Starrett, a physical therapist, and his wife, Juliet Starrett, a former attorney and world champion white-water rafter.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2023

Even for a nation known for mass exodus, the current wave is remarkable — larger than the 1980 Mariel boatlift and the 1994 Cuban rafter crisis combined, until recently the island’s two biggest migration events.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2022

Former Miami mayor Tomás Regalado, a Radio Mambí reporter in the 1980s and ’90s, recalled covering the 1994 Cuban rafter crisis and two presidential administrations.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

Down front, Glenn swiped at the ceiling with the broom, and the mud daubers’ nest broke loose from the rafter and fell into his hands.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck