crib
Example Sentences
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Just days after Alexa officially took ownership of her father’s Nolita crib, Joel slashed $4.9 million from his Long Island estate, Realtor.com® can reveal.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
She must have heard him cry, sleepwalked to the nursery, lifted him out of the crib while she was still asleep, then woke to discover the crib empty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
She has long been seen as someone who does not — to crib a phrase occasionally used about her behind closed doors — “wait her turn.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
The basilica also hosts what is said to be a relic of Jesus's crib and an icon of Mary, to whom Pope Francis would pray to asking for protection before a journey.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
It was snowing, she said, and Charles was asleep, and she was standing in her crib looking out the window.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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