crane
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A car being shipped by container must first be taken to a facility near a port, where it is loaded into a box and then lifted by crane onto a ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They located an original spindle and replicated it, including the complex crane cutouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A man has been taken to hospital after a crane appears to have collapsed on a ship at a dock on the south bank of the River Tyne.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
“I had a dream that was us and somebody drove up with one of those giant crane magnets from the car wrecking yards.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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
The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some cranes, pelicans, and vultures weighing between 8kg and 21.5kg have hatchlings ranging from 110g to around 357g, corresponding to neonate-adult body mass ratios of about 1.3% to 4.5%.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are 35 species, ranging from ravens to cranes, falcons to storks.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Mina cranes her head to the sky, orienting herself.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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
Tugging at kite strings in the field are a group of children, their necks craned towards the skies.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
As the team crept toward her — carrying large wooden shields and a giant net — the animal’s head weaved, craned and rocked back and forth in frenzied rhythms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
Standing beside Muul along a sidewalk in the Gatewood neighborhood, I craned my neck to look for the merlin at the top of a tall tree but all I saw were branches.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
I craned my neck and stared up at them.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Unhappily, for most of the audience it requires craning your neck to see it, making it an elaborate distraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 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
USC players crowded the sideline, craning their necks to see the drive that could decide the Trojans’ playoff fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
We were mostly silent on our journey, craning our necks, keeping watch in every direction.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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