crane
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But whenever I’m far enough away from the glow of streetlights, I crane my neck up and search for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Species NWT has helped recover in Norfolk include crane, bittern, purple emperor butterfly and natterjack toad.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
The doll stood next to the golden crane on Sadako’s bedside table.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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