crane

A car being shipped by container must first be taken to a facility near a port, where it is loaded into a box and then lifted by crane onto a ship.

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

He was speaking after workers used a crane to remove the metal gates that had long separated La Linea from Gibraltar.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

After making ten birds, Sadako lined them up on the table beside the golden crane.

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

Videos posted on social media last week show cranes at the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran’s largest commercial container port, at a standstill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

As well Catelyn spied the fox-and-flowers of House Florent, Fossoway apples red and green, Lord Tarly's striding huntsman, oak leaves for Oakheart, cranes for Crane, a cloud of black-and-orange butterflies for the Mullendores.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

I secretly loved how the flower craned skyward, never quick to diminish its presence, what I considered its sharp elegance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 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

Marcy Baker craned her neck and peered around the girl next to her to get a good look at me.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

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

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

By the time I took my second promenade, the women seated around Anna May were craning their necks her way.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu