cribbing

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Cribbing systems used by Tenney have become commonplace in Portuguese Bend, a small coastal community on the Palos Verdes Peninsula situated on a slow-moving landslide complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Cribbing is made up of giant square 6-by-6 pieces of oak timbers typically about 42 inches long.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022

Cribbing is comprised of giant square 6 x 6 pieces of oak timbers typically about 42 inches long.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Cribbing from briefs is commonplace among trial-court judges, though some appeals court judges frown on it.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015

Cribbing a metaphor from Francis Aston of the Cavendish, Laurence reported that the energy unleashed from a glass of water could power the ocean liner Mauretania “across the Atlantic and back again.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik