steel frame
Americannoun
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The third iteration of the clubhouse, modeled after The Reform Club in London, is built around a prefabricated steel frame imported from the U.K., and reassembled here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Another risk is possibly defective steel frame buildings, which are required to be retrofitted in a few cities, like Torrance, Santa Monica and West Hollywood, but not in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Irvin’s drawing captured how, for Black people under apartheid, the hulking steel frame of the vehicle represented an intimidating and oppressive military intrusion into everyday life.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
Hummel said the rigid steel frame of the building had been erected and crews were still working on the structural components that would have tied the frame together when the “catastrophic” collapse happened.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
It was heavy wire, with holes about the size of an acorn, and it was set in a steel frame.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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