{"id":466,"date":"2025-02-27T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northwest\/?p=466"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:54:43","slug":"recap-2025-51st-behind-the-mask-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northwest\/2025\/02\/27\/recap-2025-51st-behind-the-mask-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2025 51st Behind the Mask Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"466\" class=\"elementor elementor-466\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a726e24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a726e24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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