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Recent Examples of ridgepoleErect a ridgepole between trees and tilt branches against one side to make a lean-to framework.—Keith McCafferty/field & Stream, Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2021
Another trouble spot is the center support—wooden slats or metal beams can move under the weight of whoever is sleeping on it, causing the wood to rub against the frame.
By folding his candidacy, the judge said, Stevens had no stake in the election and thus lacked legal standing.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
This enables those with less access to capital or looking to diversify over several kinds of assets to get a stake in areas like real estate, aviation, and fine art.
His brace on Wednesday also means he’s scored nine goals in the Champions League this season, the most by an English player in a single Champions League campaign and tying the European Cup single-season record with Dennis Viollet who scored nine goals for Manchester United in 1956-57, per the BBC.
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Ben Morse,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is a member of the latter club, the three-time most valuable player undergoing his first Tommy John surgery with the Angels in 2018 and his second — a revision procedure with an internal brace — in his final month with the team in September 2023.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
The biggest losses are projected in the case of persisting tariffs by the U.S. and major retaliatory tariffs coming from the other two countries in question for industries like mining, leather and lumber, but also computers, electronics and electronic equipment.
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Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
The uncertainty surrounding the tariffs, including the potential effects on the price of raw materials such as steel and lumber, is forcing him to review his plans to build a new restaurant.
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