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Origin of gabled
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FBI tactical agents were seen entering a gabled two-story residence in Torrance associated with the suspect on Saturday evening, according to an AFP photographer.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
“This was a Janes,” Koskey said, referring to the architect Elisha P. Janes, who built dozens of English-style cottages with gabled roofs, as well as some Spanish-style homes, in Altadena between 1924 and 1926.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
The new library combines load-bearing brick, gabled pitched roofs and brick chimneys, along with a tiered timber interior and a large vaulted lantern skylight.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022
The voices of sunbathers carried from the quay, where moored houseboats bobbed beneath gabled houses and planters popping with pink flowers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
And then a voice called out from atop the gabled wall.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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