crane
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Carriers fit two to four vehicles inside a container, which is lifted by crane onto a ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Preparations were being made on Friday for the use of a crane to remove the derailed carriages.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
A stroll around its periphery, through the crowds, shows its elaborate towers still framed by a construction crane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They located an original spindle and replicated it, including the complex crane cutouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
People crane to see what the commotion is.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Above them huge cranes move with precision to build rooftops, while men balance on ladders to plaster brickwork.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Gantry cranes were washed away, silt and boulders jammed the headworks, and floodwaters entered the power house, knocking the plant offline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“How many cranes are there in downtown Los Angeles today?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Students folded a long chain of paper cranes and sent it to Sasha.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Shortly after, at a small neighborhood restaurant I raced down a 30 mph road to get to, nearly every patron craned their necks to look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
Tugging at kite strings in the field are a group of children, their necks craned towards the skies.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
As race host Joey Christensen read off the names of the top three finishers — Maifield, Fuller and Phend — the crowd members craned their necks, knowing what was coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
I closed my eyes and craned my head to the sky, finding solace in the honeyed scent of sunflowers and warm soil.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
On July 14, it shared a painting depicting a young 19th-century couple in a covered wagon, craning over an infant, the plains and mountains extending into the distance behind them.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2025
The man appeared alert, yelling and craning his head as he was hoisted into the vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
You should position yourself so that you’re not craning your neck upward or to the side.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Kingshaw stuck out his tongue, craning back his head.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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