set in concrete
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Use pressure-treated 4-by-4 posts set in concrete, and cedar or pressure-treated 2-by-4 posts run horizontally between them, to create a basic frame.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2020
Like untold multitudes who came before her, Giulia Ragusa eyed the handprints of Marilyn Monroe set in concrete in front of the landmark TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2020
The containers sat on the lot through spring and summer while Echols built a diamond pier foundation - made of steel posts instead of being set in concrete - for the containers.
From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2016
Nothing’s set in concrete this year, not that anything was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2016
Now the gates have sentries and there are ugly new floodlights mounted on metal posts above it, and barbed wire along the bottom and broken glass set in concrete along the top.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
