Abutments

Doubly delicious, we are supposed to believe, since we get a big word like "abutments". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Having reached the abutments we excavated a chamber to accommodate explosives in readiness to destroy these bridges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Post (2011)

A fist-sized crack runs from top to bottom of one of the bridge abutments. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cover the brush at upstream pilings with a crankbait; hit the downstream side of abutments with a drop-shot rig. ❋ Unknown (2009)

TECHNIQUES AND TACKLE: Bulge a fast spinnerbait parallel to abutments and pilings nearest the channel first. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The tractor-trailer then collided with the Kia, ran into the bridge abutments for D'Arcy Road and caught fire, state police said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Dan Malouff (2011)

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. ❋ Rob Pegoraro (2011)

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. ❋ Peggy Noonan (2011)

And “Nuke Iran” graffiti could be seen on bridge abutments. ❋ Alia Malek (2009)

The Beltway bridge, known as an aerial guideway, will also rise over workers building ramps, abutments and roadbeds for the Beltway, which is expanding to accommodate 14 miles of high-occupancy toll lanes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Once at the site, workers were transported by devices such as “monkey slides,” platforms on rails set vertically on the dam faces and abutments. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

Geologists have mapped twenty-six faults intersecting the abutments of Hoover Dam, most of which were unknown or underappreciated at the time of construction. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

#1: Dude, did you see that [big black] [bruise] on her thigh? #2: Yea, man. I think she's a victim of [abution]. ❋ Dspky (2010)

When u sit down on [bleachers] at a very popular sport event or [circus], your butts would then be [abut]. ❋ V4de (2009)

Abut Salim is [Good thing] that [happen] in our [life] ❋ Abut Salim (2021)

Jeff: Is [Normie] [abutiti]? Daniel: I don’t know [to be honest] ❋ Santopoboi (2019)