flying buttress

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Recent Examples of flying buttress An aerodynamic channel in the rear pillar creates a flying buttress, while the roof is painted black. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2021 The vault is punctured by three gaping holes, and the flying buttresses are propped up by giant wooden blocks. Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020 Details – rose windows, gargoyles, flying buttresses – came gradually. Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2020 And the damage threatened the delicate balance of forces between the vault and the cathedral’s flying buttresses: The entire building teetered on possible collapse. Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020 See all Example Sentences for flying buttress 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flying buttress
Noun
  • Ice shelves like Amery act as buttresses, slowing the flow of glaciers into the sea, and playing a crucial role in stabilizing the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The shale boom has been one of the strongest buttresses supporting the recovery of the U.S. economy following the Great Recession.
    Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 6 July 2017
Noun
  • The official National Women’s Soccer League game ball sits on a pedestal at the start of the NWSL match between NJ/NY Gotham FC and North Carolina Courage at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, May 4, 2024.
    Jessica Golden, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Installed in 1935, the statue by Charles Rumsey was recently returned to its original pedestal and unveiled in commemoration of Lima’s 490th anniversary in the presence of the city’s far-right leaning mayor, Rafael López Aliaga.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What will really move the needle for all of us is systemic changes.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, an undeniable truth remains: economic power moves the needle more than any initiative ever will.
    John Hope Bryant, TIME, 5 Feb. 2025

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