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cane

[keyn] / keɪn /
NOUN
stick to aid walking of disabled
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Rob Moulds said walking down Fordhouse Lane while using a cane was "a nightmare"

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

I like the cane — it’s kind of elegant.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

I’ll start here: I’m not sure what’s up with the red-striped home shirts—I know it’s supposed to resemble a waving U.S. flag, but all I see is a Christmas candy cane.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

He often gets bitten by bedbugs and walks with a cane, making climbing up and down from his bed difficult.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

I stopped by the ticket booth and handed the cane to Bring Back My Hammer.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Elderly and propping himself up with canes, he said this conflict was of a different magnitude.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

Some guests will be elderly with walkers and canes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

Once able-bodied men, they walk with canes, one step at a time.

From Slate Dec. 26, 2025

Those costs will rise as France ages into dentures and canes.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 8, 2025

Balekin lifts a single staff from a vessel beside his desk that holds an assortment of staves and canes.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Italy was caned by New Zealand 96-17 last week in Lyon but the Azzurri are usually thrashed by the All Blacks.

From Washington Times Oct. 5, 2023

Before drafting his design, Mr. Jouin visited the Richelieu and saw a mix of seating in various rooms, including rows of high-backed caned chairs.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2022

I ended up selling our beloved caned bentwood chairs because they just weren't comfortable to sit in for a long time.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2022

Another rebel told me if they get "caned" in both contests, it will spark another round of concern in the parliamentary party.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2022

So there was splendour and wealth, but no great happiness perchance, behind the tall caned portals of Gaunt House with its smoky coronets and ciphers.

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Brooks decided to resign as a matter of honor, although he asserted that the House had no right to punish him since the caning had been a personal matter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

“Miracle on 34th Street” probably was the first movie to give the commercialism of the holidays a stiff caning as we watch mega-department stores Gimbel’s and Macy’s try to outdo each other in Christmas sales.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2022

In 1911, about 30 pupils from Bigyn School walked out in protest at the "unjustified" caning of a fellow boy.

From BBC Oct. 10, 2021

If Sietsema gave a brutal caning to a new spot you’d probably look askance if you found out that he owned a place across the street.

From Fox News Dec. 31, 2018

The next one had on it: Why has south eastern Alaska so many caning factories?

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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