caisson
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For years, members of the tiny preservation society — their ages now ranging from 60s to 80s — have flown out in helicopters, landing on the caisson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
Drawn by four horses, his flag-draped casket arrived atop a black caisson in the small city of Glenwood, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
They saluted, too, as the flag-draped caisson, drawn by six gray horses, drew forward.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2022
On November 11, 1921, the Unknown was placed on a horse-drawn caisson and carried in a procession through Washington, D.C. and across the Potomac River.
From Fox News ● Oct. 4, 2021
Crossing slowly in the rain a few feet above the flood, pressed tight in the crowd, the box of an artillery caisson just head, I looked over the side and watched the river.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing caisson
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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