bridge

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Recent Examples of bridge That would leave 2050 taxpayers on the line for much of today’s road, bridge and street lighting improvement costs. Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 Why? February 06, 2025 3:15 PM Read Next Boise & Garden City ACHD declares emergency closure of busy Boise bridge. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 17 Feb. 2025 The Swan Boats, which beat out Fenway Park in the first round of our tournament, pass under the bridge. Mike Deehan, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 Records that used to bristle with a love of craft and earnest examinations of the artist’s fears now offer the gift of ear-hustling a man exercising the freedom to center himself and burn bridges. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bridge
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Noun
  • Here’s more from my seriously unserious conversation with Alva about the fictitious land deal (edited for clarity and brevity).
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Before this administration, no senior American official would have suggested that the U.S. should take anything but a leadership role in facing a major threat — let alone the greatest land war on the European continent since World War II.
    Ian Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to being found in soil, small amounts of heavy metals can be spotted naturally in the environment, including in food products, due to air, water, and soil exposure, according to the Girl Scouts.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • This is the largest military conflict on European soil since 1945, and the Continent’s leaders recognize the stakes for their security.
    The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying that only the island's people can decide their future.
    Joe Cash and Ben Blanchard, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Stretched across the Wakayama, Nara, and Mie prefectures and mostly covered by the Kii Mountain Range, Honshu island’s largest peninsula is Japan’s spiritual heartland.
    Katie Chang, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Tim Kurkjian, a Hall of Fame baseball writer, gave quirky stats and told stories of the olden days when dinosaurs like Earl Weaver roamed the earth.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
  • This town and all surrounding section of Lonoke county were shaken by an earth tremor at 7:20 tonight.
    The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Reddish light, which travels more directly in the air, manifests to ground observers during sunrises and sunsets when the sun is near the horizon and its incoming light travels at a longer, low-angle path through Earth's atmosphere.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The platform gained ground through investments in local series and sports content.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers found that another sharp increase occurred about 2,150 years ago, which coincides with the Roman conquest of the Greek peninsula in around 146 B.C.E.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
  • California landslide appears to leave 3 multimillion-dollar homes teetering on edge of cliff Some of the peninsula is part of an ancient complex of landslides that has been moving for at least the past six decades, according to NASA.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After Blue Ghost lands on the moon, the instruments will operate for more than two weeks to collect data primarily on the moon’s subsurface, such as lunar dust and regolith, the loose rocks and mineral fragments that cover the lunar surface.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Plus, the screen shows the battery level and how full the dust cup is in real time.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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