crane
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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.
Diesel is also used to power machinery used by the fishing, farming and construction industries, such as tractors and cranes.
But up there where my neck craned to see, above the crazy roofs and crooked chimneys, was a square of pale pearl sky.
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The council previously said crews were working around the clock but timescales were weather-dependent as cranes cannot be used in high winds.
From BBC
Torak craned his neck at the ice cliffs towering over them.
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