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The project overseen by the Gateway Development Commission was constructing new tunnels for commuter rail trains to cross the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The Snohomish County town was near where the Great Northern Railway was constructing a tunnel, and Rhodes took numerous photos of that and other railroad-related work.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2023

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was constructing the foundations of an almost unparalleled era of domestic dominance in the decade ahead.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2023

The newly hired coach and general manager was constructing his staff and wanted to bring his son along.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

He took Joe to one end of the long I beam on which he was constructing the frame for a new shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown