crane
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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
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
With part of the nine-story building still standing, Sabbagh was able to use a crane to reach one of his mother's cupboards and retrieve a photo album.
From Barron's ● May 20, 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
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At the end of this process, private capital poured in, lining up the cranes and the hard hats.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Parts of the eastern side of the building were still exposed when AFP visited, with cranes at the top.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 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
One recent evening, patrons at a nearby rooftop bar could see two high-rise cranes still at work until sunset.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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
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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
During the roughly 10-day shoot, which took place in August 2023, drones approximated the dragons’ flight path so the actors on the ground knew where to look when they craned their necks toward the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 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
Pinmei heard the king shift, and both she and Yishan craned their necks to see him lean out of the pavilion, holding the Paper over the frozen lake.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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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
You should position yourself so that you’re not craning your neck upward or to the side.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Only by craning your neck can you see that the canopy is still threadbare.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
“There should be a car waiting for us,” Auntie North said, craning her neck.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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