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as in pilasters
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure
engraved columns supported the arch on either side
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Recent Examples of columns
Bollards – short, stout columns of metal or concrete used as street barriers – were being replaced on Bourbon Street ahead of the Super Bowl in February.
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Reading one of his columns, Avery had a question about the internet.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Their sophisticated store, with its wooden interior and marble columns, offers a royal chocolate experience.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
When a delivery truck snaked through the columns of the overpass, leaving a trail of smoke, the dancers covered their mouths.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Unlike a traditional paraglider, where pilots must launch from a cliff or hillside and catch columns of rising warm air to ascend, the motor and propeller allow pilots to take off from open, flat ground—no hills or cliffs required.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
Instability in the atmosphere often comes from differences in temperature and air density, which in turn fuels strong columns of rotating air within storms.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2024
While this and many other home design columns focus on how homes look, just as —or even more— important, may be how our homes smell.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
But on Sunday morning, someone — possibly multiple people — used the construction equipment to damage several barrier columns and knock off the bank’s money machine, Davis said.
—Maggie Ybarra, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
George Petras, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Reading one of his columns, Avery had a question about the internet.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Their sophisticated store, with its wooden interior and marble columns, offers a royal chocolate experience.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
When a delivery truck snaked through the columns of the overpass, leaving a trail of smoke, the dancers covered their mouths.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Unlike a traditional paraglider, where pilots must launch from a cliff or hillside and catch columns of rising warm air to ascend, the motor and propeller allow pilots to take off from open, flat ground—no hills or cliffs required.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
Instability in the atmosphere often comes from differences in temperature and air density, which in turn fuels strong columns of rotating air within storms.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2024
While this and many other home design columns focus on how homes look, just as —or even more— important, may be how our homes smell.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
But on Sunday morning, someone — possibly multiple people — used the construction equipment to damage several barrier columns and knock off the bank’s money machine, Davis said.
—Maggie Ybarra, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
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