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Meanings of turning the first sod in English

Russian
церемония закладки фундамента
Portuguese
primeira pedra
Spanish
primera piedra
Catalan
primera pedra
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Traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project.

церемония закладки фундамента
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Examples for "cutting"
Examples for "cutting"
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China also joined the effort, cutting its key rate 27 basis points.
Reuters
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The outcome was inevitable: cost-cutting measures were introduced, which mean job losses.
The Irish Times
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Such consolidation would help firms to develop new products while cutting costs.
Reuters
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This is cutting into oil industry revenues, and consequently oil industry royalties.
Radio NZ
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The same would be true for any future deficit-cutting agreement, he said.
The Irish Times
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Later, he withdraws a groundbreaking research paper amid accusations of falsified data.
Wired
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Both groundbreaking and important work, but not the same, not by far.
Ebony
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This groundbreaking diplomatic moment was followed by South Korean delegation visiting Pyongyang.
News.com.au
4
Rubin co-founded a company called Danger, which developed the groundbreaking Sidekick phone.
Reuters
5
In the last three years, the West End has reported groundbreaking figures.
The Guardian
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Before Christmas, the sod-turning ceremony was carried out by the Minister for Health, Mr Cowen, at the factory site on the Kinnitty Road.
The Irish Times
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The Minister said during the sod-turning ceremony that the 3.75 kilometre bypass would spare the Galway town up to 10,000 vehicles a day.
The Irish Times
Usage of turning the first sod in English
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He was not the pioneer of Acadian colonization: De Monts deserves the praise of turning the first sod.
The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain