Example Sentences

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Since the 1970s, Chicago has been constructing a multibillion-dollar system of sewage storage tunnels and reservoirs.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021

For instance, UPS has been constructing freezer farms in Kentucky and the Netherlands with units that can hold up to 48,000 vials each, which the company can use as stopover points during distribution.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2020

But nearly half of the proposed condos were abandoned in favor of 44 luxury townhouses, which Wormald has been constructing over the past year.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2020

Some are expected to be transferred east, possibly to Poland which has been constructing facilities in hope of an influx of American military personnel.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2020

A friend of mine, as I said, one Eustace Le Neve, who has been constructing engineer of the Rosario and Santa Fe, in the Argentine Confederacy, has made a design for the Wharfedale Viaduct.

From Michael's Crag by Allen, Grant