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Recent Examples of bridge
The officer parked his vehicle and walked toward the man with the intention of getting him off the bridge, Police Chief Eddie Garcia said at a news conference Thursday.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
Full service is still set to be restored on Sunday — when the new Portal North Bridge had originally been scheduled to open — with westbound trains using the new bridge and eastbound trains continuing to use the old bridge.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Authorities said Medlin was never seen walking off the bridge.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Pedestrians and bicyclists going to Current games should stay away from the Grand Boulevard bridge and take the Town of Kansas bridge to the riverfront until the new bridge opens around May, Mandelbaum said.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
Full service is still set to be restored on Sunday — when the new Portal North Bridge had originally been scheduled to open — with westbound trains using the new bridge and eastbound trains continuing to use the old bridge.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Authorities said Medlin was never seen walking off the bridge.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Pedestrians and bicyclists going to Current games should stay away from the Grand Boulevard bridge and take the Town of Kansas bridge to the riverfront until the new bridge opens around May, Mandelbaum said.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridge
Noun
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Don Abelardo Rodriguez, son of the Mexican president, spotted this plot of land from helicopter and turned it into a private home and eventually the region's first resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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White officials used their positions atop the local commissions that oversaw federal agricultural programs to drive Black landowners into so much debt that most of them had to sell off their land.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These may include soil conservation, water management, carbon sequestration, and regenerative agriculture.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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While all three properties for the vineyard designate wines are certified organic through CCOF, (California Certified Organic Farmers), winemaking for each site requires a slightly different approach because of distinct soils and tannin profiles.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There is a mass shortage of taxis on the island.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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This victory, incidentally, liberated the island of Taiwan and returned it to Chinese jurisdiction.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Butterss’ bassline works like the ropes that keep a hot air balloon tethered to earth.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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Samhain celebrated the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter and was a time when the boundary between the living and the dead was believed to be blurred, allowing spirits to roam the earth.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The deployment does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Sontag claimed to have forgotten about him, but his vanishing is better explained on writerly grounds.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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That belief will only reinforce his paranoia, and his determination to expand his arsenal — making the Korean peninsula harder, not easier, to stabilize.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some 200 years later, the southern end of that peninsula is poised to become a new national park for Chile.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Stars have left the Mammoth in their dust with their recent streak, now a full 20 points ahead of Utah in the standings.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The states that fall for the tax-the-rich mania will be left in the dust, with failing economies and shrinking political clout in Congress.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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