gantry

Example Sentences

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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Two lanes were closed and the overhead gantry warned of a 50mph speed limit on the near-empty motorway.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Long Beach Fire Chief Dennis Buchanan said fire units responded at 9:06 a.m. and found that several containers were also leaning against a gantry crane.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important M25 motorway.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

A tall gantry crane against the sullen sky.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy