bridgework
noun
bridge·work
ˈbrij-ˌwərk 
: dental bridges
also
: prosthodontics concerned with the construction of dental bridges
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Solo drills and exercises like shrimping, bridgework, or guard recovery movements can still provide a full-body workout and maintain techniques essential for strength and endurance.
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Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
What's left to do: Finish bridgework on both bridges.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
Finish date: The transportation department said the bridgework would be completed (and the contraflow lane lifted) by late fall.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
Navigation under the bridge had been squeezed to a sliver since the bridgework started two years ago as part of the $113 million Pleasant Street reconstruction project.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2024
The bridgework is scheduled to be finished this year, Fuller said.
—The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
On a different span of I-10 in Tempe, westbound traffic will be narrowed to three lanes between Broadway Road and State Route 143 and 48th Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday for bridgework as part of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
—Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
The plate and the bridges are made from nickel silver, highlighted by the bridgework of the regulating organ made from polished gold.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The ever-so-slight Nilla Wafer taste is not worth risking your bridgework.
—cleveland, 9 July 2021
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Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
What's left to do: Finish bridgework on both bridges.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
Finish date: The transportation department said the bridgework would be completed (and the contraflow lane lifted) by late fall.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
Navigation under the bridge had been squeezed to a sliver since the bridgework started two years ago as part of the $113 million Pleasant Street reconstruction project.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2024
The bridgework is scheduled to be finished this year, Fuller said.
—The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
On a different span of I-10 in Tempe, westbound traffic will be narrowed to three lanes between Broadway Road and State Route 143 and 48th Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday for bridgework as part of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
—Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
The plate and the bridges are made from nickel silver, highlighted by the bridgework of the regulating organ made from polished gold.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The ever-so-slight Nilla Wafer taste is not worth risking your bridgework.
—cleveland, 9 July 2021
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