crane
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With part of the nine-story building still standing, Sabbagh was able to use a crane to reach one of his mother's cupboards and retrieve a photo album.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Right beside the main entrance, a sculpture of an origami deer cast in concrete hangs suspended on thick straps from a crane.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Years earlier, the original Craftsman had been torn down; the current house, a sweepstakes prize, arrived in two pieces by crane.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
She made a big crane out of her prettiest paper and sent it across the hall to his room.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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