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Weird headline syntax.

I read it as "Unprecedented 'Teamwork Repairs' Collapsed the Freeway in Record Time"

until I got into the article and realised that it had to be "Unprecedented Teamwork, Repairs to the 'Collapsed Freeway' happen in Record Time"

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Absolutely, I read it the same way. I was asking myself what a 'teamwork repair' was and how it collapsed a freeway, in record time no less.

A "teamwork repair" is when you fix your teamwork, obviously. The fast that it collapsed a freeway is remarkable, so that must be why it's newsworthy.

The original headline is word salad.

Me too. My mind switched back and forth between these:

... Teamwork Repairs a Collapsed Freeway ...

... Teamwork Repairs Collapsed a Freeway ...

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