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“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Since then, Hernandez has erected new obstacles to the project.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

On the outskirts of Chennai, Thillai Bhasker - a brick-kiln owner - has erected giant steel roofs with special heat-protective coatings on them, to provide his workers with much-needed shade.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

In the Danube village of Plauru, which is situated opposite Ukraine’s Danube port of Izmail, Romania’s defense ministry has erected prefabricated concrete shelters for residents.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Mr. Rapp has erected a large building, with a great saloon in the upper story, where the inhabitants meet on festive occasions, and where they have musical entertainments.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp