instal
Americanverb (used with object)
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Now they were being punished for it with threats of prosecution for failure to instal septic systems.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2021
While the problem is particularly pronounced in the countryside, where carriers have few financial incentives to instal new transmission stations, even in the cities businesses aren’t seeing the cellphone coverage they want.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Rather than have individual women toll takers fend for themselves, simply instal cameras and a sign saying you are being watched and recorded by Port Authority Security.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2016
Ireson said the number of people who chose to instal DAB when it was offered as an option was in the single figures, in percentage terms.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012
"This measure had no other effect upon the rebels than to cause them, the next day, to instal themselves in the Church of St. Louis."
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
Every two weeks, researchers collected air samples through thin tubes installed beneath the ground and analyzed them in a laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The court order, obtained after Jeanie’s older brothers Jimmy and Johnny Buss tried to oust her from the organization, installed Janie and Joey as co-trustees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Many people who want home-security cameras have already installed Ring devices from Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Ten years after her own solar roof was installed, and despite the sector's setbacks, Learoyd remains optimistic.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
When I return to the lot, Rosie has been installed in the menagerie tent.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
The complaint said the prompts indicate Alfozan was “interested in building, customizing, installing, audio recording, testing, obfuscating, and remote accessing, among other things, a surreptitious audio listening and recording device.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Zhuravylov has lived in Warsaw with his family since just before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has his own business there installing air conditioning.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Eventually, Walmart and its robotics partner designed small robots on wheels with motion and obstacle sensors, and are now installing them in more than a dozen warehouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Thousands of Russian workers have spent years building and installing equipment, with a residential complex, shops and restaurants springing up around them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now Ob wanted to keep Cletus here like he was installing some afterlife antenna on the place.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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