masonry

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Night-time footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescuers removing fallen masonry to try to reach Berivan's trapped mother as she begs to know: "Is my daughter alive?"

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The home, she said, is more than 200 years old and built by her Spanish forefathers, with a tiled courtyard in the center and Moorish accents on the masonry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

His graciousness even extended to the treatment of wooden water tanks, which he often wrapped in masonry to give them the appearance of little temples—much nicer to look at from the street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A mechanical excavator had ripped through the facade of the East Wing, leaving a tangle of broken masonry, rubble and steel wires, AFP journalists at the scene saw.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

The tower of the church looked as if wind and weather had been wearing the masonry down for a dangerously long time.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke