roof
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Whoever installed that roof cable is probably going to drink for free for life, and that’s an extraordinary proposition in Wisconsin with ice fishing season on the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The hives are positioned on the roof of the shopping centre, in the shadow of the famous St Johns Beacon.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Officials issued the alert Monday after a man shared with police an image appearing to show the dangerous reptile slithering from the thin branch of a tree onto the roof of a backyard shed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He also had to fix a leaking roof.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
He was going to fix the roof next, but he never got to it.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
For a Padres fan, it goes from a glorious dinger to a lifelong hatred of roofs and roof cables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Repeated ashfall blocks roads, overwhelms drainage systems and damages roofs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
PIDDINGTON, England—This quiet Oxfordshire village boasts a 14th-century church, a small village hall, quaint thatched roofs and pleasant countryside walks in rolling hills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This includes for things like replacing windows or altering roofs.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“People got on the roofs of buildings for a better view, but it just looked like a lot of black rain clouds,” said Fullmer.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
“Gambrel roofed Barnhaus,” the listing read, “next door to the best burritos in town.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
When we roofed the house, I had to install tin-coated steel flashing to prevent leaks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a roofed theatre, market and river port at the site of a Roman town.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
See the batey, the dirt road leading through, the shacks made of cornstalks roofed with banana leaves.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
The Kennedy Center closed its doors indefinitely on Sept. 15 after an inspection found acute public safety concerns, among them roofing issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The most common defects involve brickwork, carpentry and roofing, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Seek a second opinion from your own independent roofing contractor, including a report on the previous repair to the roof.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighbourhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The cobblestone house is topped off with Venetian-red roofing and a bricked chimney that reaches to the sky.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
