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An aluminum truss provided infrastructure, and custom joints, gimbals and animatronics gave the astronaut life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

It is to his credit that the cathedral is not a simulacrum or facsimile, but a Gothic building, in all its structural reality, even the invisible oak roof truss above the vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Or The French Laundry’s Thomas Keller, who gently speaks to Carmy about the profound spirituality of their profession and the legacy he’s continuing, all while teaching him how to truss a chicken.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2024

“We got the best truss guy in the city,” said Danielle Kramer, the company’s chief operating officer.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

She blushed, she dropped the removed truss, she stepped back on a stack of irrigation basins—and her feet went out from under her.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

"A lot of the roof trusses are quite highly fire-damaged so there's potential for internal collapse within that building above Escobar."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

On the second floor, a generous dining space and an open kitchen with marble surfaces, warm-wood cabinetry, and one of the building’s original steel trusses await.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Repairs to 40,000 square feet of the roof and the replacement of metal roof trusses are under way, Fisher said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Davis took this approach in the three-story atrium of his Calle del Sierra Residence in Stinson Beach, which is visually connected on all levels, showcasing exposed timber trusses and open lofts reachable via intricate ladders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Once the beams were in place a windlass was set on top of them to hoist the rest of the timber and help in setting up the trusses.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

It’s a childish performance that is trussed up as an important meditation on the Declaration.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Don't cut your carrot on the board you just trussed the chicken on either.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023

A teenage boy is with them, his arm encased in a crude, homemade splint, trussed together with string.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2017

I felt like a trussed turkey as the time came to give the rope that tethered me to the oak a pull.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2017

Facing them were two Keepers, and next to them, trussed up like a lumpy package on the floor, was Ton-Ton.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

PSSL: Many of PSSL’s Black Friday deals are for pro lighting and trussing, but one product in particular is worth noting: it’s offering the MXL Revelation Solo Tube Condenser Microphone for only $299.99.

From The Verge ● Nov. 22, 2017

In fact, Mr. Waxman said, a great turkey needn’t involve an all-day roasting marathon, or a battery of treatments such as brining, trussing and lacquering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2015

If you've ever roasted a whole chicken for dinner, or tackled the big task of roasting the turkey for Thanksgiving, you probably know the importance of tying up the bird, or "trussing."

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2014

Together weighing over 12 tons and measuring 90 and 100 feet long, they required over 30 hoists and 140 feet of trussing to raise them so that they appear to be soaring through the cathedral.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2014

There were pathways built onto the top of the trussing, places for the bridge workers to get out to the cables and repair them.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini