tile
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"I remember that as a child I climbed up there, all the way to the main roof tile," former salt farmer Omer Hot said, gesturing at the seven-metre-high storehouse roof.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Investing in an electric kiln means the firm is "strengthening the long-term viability of UK brick and roof tile manufacturing", says Renard.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The company is also looking to apply the tile format to other products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
A chocolate brown Great Dane puppy with blue eyes and a teal collar sitting on a tile floor gazed at me from my computer screen — I squealed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
I counted the number of nurses on shift, the number of people who walked by, the tile squares on the floor, the number of pictures on the wall, the number of chairs.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Walking along the railroad tracks, she watched Simon Rodia build the Watts Towers’ 17 spires from rebar, shells, tiles, mirrors, soda bottles and cement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Much of that additional mass comes from the hardware required for complete reusability, including heat shield tiles, landing propellant, structural reinforcements, and other recovery systems.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
My insurance company said my roof lost a few tiles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Though clay roof tiles were introduced by the Romans, the English industry grew up in the eastern part of the country during the 12th century.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Lexie would slide down off her stool and walk across the kitchen with the elegance of a dancer, barefoot on the Italian tiles.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
This country is tiled with adrift twentysomething males, beset with incoherent politics, whose opinion about any issue is generated in the 10 seconds after they’ve been asked the question.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
The Cinerama Dome originally opened in 1963 with its white tiled design and distinctive marquee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Following the incident, photos posted on social media showed shattered glass in the snow outside the entrance to the embassy's consular section, cracks in a glass door and dark marks on a tiled floor.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
The chef’s kitchen is the epitome of luxury thanks to its high ceilings adorned in wooden beams, marble tiled flooring, wooden island table, and state-of-the-art appliances.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
The woman headed straight for the big desk at the front, the heels of her shoes clicking on the tiled floor.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Meanwhile the tiling for the kitchen has, Lorenze revealed, been specially created for the couple featuring designs that reflect their passions, interests, and romantic milestones.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Well-known visual examples of this kind of tiling can be found in the artwork of M.C.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
A student visa for Belarus, available in three weeks for 2.75 million CFA, sought-after tiling jobs in Dubai, and a three-month employment contract in Latvia are just some of the options on the list.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025
Just building a roof and tiling the floor would cost about $6-7,000 USD, she says.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
But something about Buster Friendly irritated John Isidore, one specific tiling.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
