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They are taking that possibility seriously at the tree-ring lab, a long, gable-roofed structure that resembles a museum inside, with maps and cross sections of trees pinned to the walls and sitting on work tables.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020

The heroic pergola at Máximapark gives that flat site a shape and identity suggestive of a fairy-tale world of flora and fauna that lies just beyond the rows of dark, gable-roofed houses.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

Demolished in 1971: The Lemon Building, on New York Avenue, 4 1/2 stories of gable-roofed, iron-grilled Victorian beauty.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2016

The gable-roofed main house has vaulted ceilings and walls of glass that take in expansive views.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2015

From the gable-roofed small town a mob of some thirty mounted men plunged toward the landing grid.

From The Pirates of Ersatz by Freas, Kelly