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Two diggers, as well as a crane that was lifting up concrete slabs was also there.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

"The fire service had to come and get my grandmother down with a crane," Estevez told AFP in the tiny two-roomed apartment that she, her husband and children have moved into on the first floor.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Wages for crane operations supervisors, engineering project designers and metallurgical engineering jobs have increased nearly 8%, Payscale data show.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Watched and photographed by a host of humans, the annual migration of the sandhill crane, once nearly extinct, begins from an Indiana wetland in the twilight of late fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

If the boys were working on-site, sometimes I’d go along to drive the loader or forklift or crane.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

He and his team are already preparing breeding programmes for the critically endangered African white-backed vultures and endangered African grey crowned cranes.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Bulldozers, diggers and cranes can be used to shift three storeys of concrete, for instance, to find someone trapped, Selvakumaran says.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Installation of the display involved dozens of riggers and two cranes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

That has fuelled a construction boom, filling the skyline with cranes, creating traffic bottlenecks and putting a strain on key services.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

“Before we go,” I said, “one quick question. They didn’t have trucks and cranes and stuff like that in ancient Egypt. If this thing weighs over two hundred tons, how did it get to America?”

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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

When Hagen Smith — the son and spitting image of Sinjin — sailed a serve too far, Sinjin craned his neck back and clenched his jaws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025

During the final stretch of the Chicago race, they were leaning over barricades, necks craned, looking for their husbands flying by at a pace close to 4 minutes and 53 seconds per mile.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

Aru craned her neck and saw blue-bellied clouds drifting above them.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

As more blacked-out vehicles entered the area, the more excited the crowd grew, with several craning their necks to peek at the stars exiting their vehicles.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Unhappily, for most of the audience it requires craning your neck to see it, making it an elaborate distraction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

“I thought I had a ride,” said John Lithgow, craning his head around, seeming a bit impatient.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025

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

He went on again, but his uneasiness grew, and every now and again he stood up to his full height, craning his neck eastward and southward.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien