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We discussed the character as if we were reconstructing his past.

From Time • Mar. 5, 2010

Only the Greeks were reconstructing a new civilization of the ruins of the one they had destroyed, and the Medes were becoming “formidable,” as an Assyrian inscription calls them, in central Asia.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

While fighting in Mesopotamia, her soldiers were reconstructing at the same time.

From A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge by Wister, Owen

But the very existence of the country depended upon the British army of occupation, and upon the work of the British officers who were reconstructing the Egyptian army.

From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay

"I bet you Superior won't!" said Jim, frivolously, from the picture-puzzle he and Dan were reconstructing.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson