abutments

• “Doubly delicious, we are supposed to believe, since we get a big word like "abutments".”

  Chance Abutmenting (a counter-critique of Peter Schjeldahl)

• “Having reached the abutments we excavated a chamber to accommodate explosives in readiness to destroy these bridges.”

  Alan Glass

• “In-car electronics should also be a continued growth area, assuming that their buyers don't all manage to plow into bridge abutments while fidgeting with the latest dashboard gadgets.”

  The Washington Post: Weekly video: Packing for CES

• “A fist-sized crack runs from top to bottom of one of the bridge abutments.”

  USA Today: Some Vermont residents living 'hour to hour' after Irene

• “Although the main span of the aqueduct was torn down when the Key Bridge was built in 1923, the old abutments remain on both the D.C. and Virginia sides.”

  The Washington Post: Little-known infrastructure

• “The tractor-trailer then collided with the Kia, ran into the bridge abutments for D'Arcy Road and caught fire, state police said.”

  The Washington Post: Driver killed on Beltway identified

• “On the trip south, past Philadelphia, you see the physical deterioration that echoes what you saw on the TV—broken neighborhoods, abandoned factories with shattered windows, graffiti-covered abutments.”

  The Wall Street Journal: What the World Sees in America

• “It was originally scheduled to reopen by Labor Day, but in August, VDOT said, its engineers determined that the bridge abutments and wing walls were in worse condition than previous inspections revealed, and the entire substructure would have to be demolished and replaced.”

  The Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock's traffic, transit tips

• “TECHNIQUES AND TACKLE: Bulge a fast spinnerbait parallel to abutments and pilings nearest the channel first.”

  Late-Summer Bass Fishing Tips: Where and How to Catch Largemouths

• “Cover the brush at upstream pilings with a crankbait; hit the downstream side of abutments with a drop-shot rig.”

  Late-Summer Bass Fishing Tips: Where and How to Catch Largemouths

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