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sooh per struhk cher

  • n  structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck

  • Perched on a bluff above the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, the old city of Chongqing appears to some visitors to resemble the superstructure of a large ship.
  • Conditions were particularly bad at the 13th and 14th turnsknown as the Zig-Zag where a wooden superstructure was installed to keep the careening sleds from shooting right .
  • Over the dingy Southampton docks loomed the three gigantic orange stacks, the coruscating white superstructure of the Queen Mary, Captain Illingworth, Master.
News & Articles

  • China Slowdown No Match For Yacht Lovers
    China's economy may be losing its momentum but the rich aren't losing their appetite for big, shiny superstructure toys. The richer they are, the bigger the Ferretti docked in Hong Kong. The rich Chinese are definitely not losing momentum. They're actually gaining some.
    June 12, 2013 - Forbes
  • Pittsburgh knitters want to make blankets for the Andy Warhol Bridge
    Machine-knitted blankets will cover the bridge's towering superstructure while individual blankets knitted by more than 1,200 volunteers will be used to cover the bridge's walkways.
    June 12, 2013 - The Oregonian

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