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We have no debt and try to live off our Social Security, pension and annuities, only withdrawing from our Roth or IRAs for major expenses like a roof or vacations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
A taxable brokerage can also help grow your money for financial goals that are more than 10 years out — a big vacation, a car, a new roof or home renovation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
We headed up to a nearby roof for safety - the army vehicle and soldiers visible right below us.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
For example, solar panels on the roof can generate electricity and at the same time act as a barrier to reduce heat transfer to the building.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
On North Figueroa Street, as I approached the laundry, I spotted James up on the flat roof.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Reserve funds essentially act as an HOA’s emergency savings, but many funds that were healthy in 2020 have since been depleted by soaring repair costs for items such as roofs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Loft spaces and top-floor rooms can also become hot because roofs absorb solar heat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Many buildings have caved-in roofs and some appear completely flattened.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
His job is to scare away the pigeons searching for a tasty snack, and to stop them nesting in the roofs of the club buildings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
We passed lots of Basques with oxen, or cattle, hauling carts along the road, and nice farmhouses, low roofs, and all white-plastered.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
Yeah, I built houses with my parents and I’ve roofed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
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
Ylonen made it 5-3 at 11:55 when he jumped on defenseman Timothy Liljegren’s turnover and roofed a backhander.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
The hall was the grandest space she had ever been in—higher roofed than any church, wider than most fields, filled with hundreds of diners at scores of long tables.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
At one Skanska project, shippers for roofing materials are charging a fuel surcharge of $600 per truck, Cantando said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
If they install impact-resistant roofing, some insurance companies will offer homeowners discounted premiums as a reward for disaster-proofing their home.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
AFP visited the remote border zone and saw three buildings reduced to rubble, their scorched zinc roofing twisted among the debris.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 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
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