crane
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Carriers fit two to four vehicles inside a container, which is 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
Images show the crane on its side and leaning on to part of a container vessel.
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
One hull hung from a huge crane, ready to be returned to the water.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Gantry cranes were washed away, silt and boulders jammed the headworks, and floodwaters entered the power house, knocking the plant offline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“How many cranes are there in downtown Los Angeles today?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Carlos Lopez Carregado, General Manager at Harland & Wolff, said the overhaul would treat the cranes "with utmost respect".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Members still place thousands of paper cranes beneath Sadako’s statue on August 6—Peace Day.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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 race host Joey Christensen read off the names of the top three finishers — Maifield, Fuller and Phend — the crowd members craned their necks, knowing what was coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
During the final stretch of the Chicago race, they were leaning over barricades, necks craned, looking for their husbands flying by at a pace close to 4 minutes and 53 seconds per mile.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
It shimmied in her palm, then craned to inspect both Brigit and Jason.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Dorr was inspired by his wife, Nell, a renowned photographer, who was tired of riding shotgun and craning her neck out the window to see where the asphalt ended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
While people were still craning their necks to get a good look at him, Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George came hurrying down the aisle.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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