crane
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In crane maker Tadano, it holds an 11% stake valued at about $120 million, making it the largest shareholder, and has a director on the board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"If you are sitting in a crane, you need three and a half minutes to get down and go to the shelter. There's literally no time to do that."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
They located an original spindle and replicated it, including the complex crane cutouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
There is also a separate structure on the property that Heigl used as her personal art studio, having transported it in using a crane, the description reveals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Do you promise to hang every crane I make?” she asked.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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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
Working under the bridge's blue lights, dozens of Taiwanese army combat engineers assisted by cranes and trucks set up layers of concrete and steel barriers, barbed wire and Hesco walls along the nearly one-kilometre-long bridge.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Feathers sticks her head out and cranes her neck around peeking into Suma’s cell.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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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
Talking about the building process, Royds called it a "DIY makeover on steroids" and said 42,000 pieces of steel had to craned into the theatre, with thousands of people coming together to make it happen.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 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
I craned my neck to try and make out all the details.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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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
You should position yourself so that you’re not craning your neck upward or to the side.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
The brachy had landed his front two legs and then sidestepped uneasily at the blast, the great neck craning around to see where it had come from.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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