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crane

[kreyn] / kreɪn /




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They located an original spindle and replicated it, including the complex crane cutouts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

When ready, the baskets were lifted out of the water by crane and placed on a barge alongside the Salvor, where researchers sifted through the contents by hand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Images show the crane on its side and leaning on to part of a container vessel.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

There is also a separate structure on the property that Heigl used as her personal art studio, having transported it in using a crane, the description reveals.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

The lighter would be there, the crane and the chain, and Rebecca’s boat coming to the surface.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

By contrast, logistics is pretty mundane; the big contractors don’t pine for contracts to build oiler ships, cranes, or commissaries.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

The Harland and Wolff shipyard is to spend £3m refurbishing its famous yellow cranes, Samson and Goliath.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Some cranes, pelicans, and vultures weighing between 8kg and 21.5kg have hatchlings ranging from 110g to around 357g, corresponding to neonate-adult body mass ratios of about 1.3% to 4.5%.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

At a media tour earlier this week, the massive Convention Center-scaled space was largely empty, save for dormant cranes, a scattering of workers and the occasional hum of drilling.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

“It’s supposed to live for a thousand years. If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.”

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

A swarm of tourists craned their necks to see the instalment of the cross's upper arm, visible amid the scaffolding and workers who put finishing touches from their harnesses.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

The waste was then craned into skips and taken to landfill, the utility firm added.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2025

Simone Biles craned her neck to watch the score flash across the big screen.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2024

Standing beside Muul along a sidewalk in the Gatewood neighborhood, I craned my neck to look for the merlin at the top of a tall tree but all I saw were branches.

From Seattle Times May 24, 2024

She ducked out of sight and craned to listen.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

“I want to be able to get higher so I can see him,” he said while craning his neck to get a peek at the billboard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Dorr was inspired by his wife, Nell, a renowned photographer, who was tired of riding shotgun and craning her neck out the window to see where the asphalt ended.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

"He captures Dylan's craning stance and the way he used hair and sunglasses as a mask, the insistent buzz and keen of his speaking and singing voice and the odd, touchy, insularity."

From BBC Dec. 11, 2024

My head pain was quelled thanks to the drugs, but now my neck and back began to flare up, the previous day’s slouching and craning setting in.

From Slate Nov. 3, 2024

They walked four across along Broadway, craning their necks, looking up at the giant billboards and down at the rows of window displays, cameras, suitcases, NYC memorabilia, clothing stores, makeup stores.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin




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