concrete
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Engineers have warned that a major vulnerability for California is concrete buildings built to codes that existed in the 1970s or before and that haven’t been retrofitted and are capable of collapsing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
The price hikes -- the first concrete change stemming from outgoing CEO Tim Cook's repeated warnings about rising costs -- sent Apple shares plummeting more than 4.7 percent in morning trade.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Hundreds of workers at Hinkley Point C are sheltered from the heat by thick concrete, like this water inlet.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
For investors, the checklist for the next 12 months is concrete.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
We prayed beyond the concrete walls for the healing of Germany, of Europe, of the world—as Mama had once done from the prison of a crippled body.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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