Example Sentences

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Catalans have been erecting human towers—castells—to celebrate local festivities since the 18th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Workers have been erecting a large stage on the South Lawn of the White House to prepare for the concert.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2022

This week in Mexico City’s central plaza, or zócalo, workers have been erecting a more-than 50-foot-tall replica of the emblematic Templo Mayor, the main sanctuary of the Mexicas, as the Aztecs called themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021

To save the bacon from ASF, countries have been erecting physical borders with neighbours, threatening embargos, incinerating millions of farmyard pigs and offering bounties for the culling of wild boar.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019