Example Sentences

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With excavation for an underground garage completed, construction crews have erected cranes and are building upward on two bronze-colored structures expected to house Apple’s television streaming service and expand its presence in Culver City.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

Protesters have erected dozens of tents on the Diag, a historic space for campus activism more than a mile away from the stadium.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Some have erected makeshift tents and cook on little charcoal stoves, others are scrounging for food as their money runs out.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2023

It is so overcrowded with squatters that some have erected tin shacks in the back lot.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Like something beavers might have erected if they had opposable thumbs and lots of upper body strength.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman