crate
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Days after a wall of water and debris ripped through Nepal, Shanti Lamichhane sat on a fruit crate in the dirt where her village once stood, staring at what remained of her home.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
It has taken almost two years to plan, including building a special temperature-controlled crate for him, and co-ordinating complex paperwork across two countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
An Australian library has welcomed home a book roughly 150 years overdue after it was discovered inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
These crate paintings lay groundwork for Gottlieb’s pictograph series, which would become a signature for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
He pulled, but Marco was attached to the crate by the rope.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
On a Saturday in late September 2025, the 40-year-old mother of four was loading crates of grapes onto a forklift in a Fresno County field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
They were used to buying chest-high sacks of rice and crates of vegetables, which they stored in their basement to have food on hand in case a security situation shut the stores for days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yuriy said he and his wife had started to lay out crates of vegetables next to his van when he heard a distinctive buzzing sound overhead.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A police search team spent a week in the Met's property warehouse, going through more than 200 large crates in the hope of finding the missing exhibits.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I set my handbag on a stack of crates.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Staged in Philadelphia by Eleonora Gravagnola, it is set in a modern-day art gallery, where a traveling exhibit is being crated up for transfer to its next location.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Metal mesh doors can be added so you can close them when your pet needs to be crated.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
At first, Ms. Sheridan crated Nala and left the apartment for a while each day to prepare the dog for their imminent separation.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
If your dog is used to being crated, have them go in their crate, Howe said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
We drew up by a tall pile of crated fruit.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
The workers were responsible for capturing and crating turkeys destined for slaughter, Pennsylvania State Police said Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
DeJoy, 63, built a fortune by turning a small trucking company into a logistics giant that profited by warehousing and crating cargo and mail for delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2020
One theory holds that reducing stimuli at night might work, but she wasn’t sold on the idea of crating him in the dark for hours.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018
Expenses for shows with valuable historical pieces lie in crating, shipping and insurance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2016
I drew out a design for an A-frame signboard that the boys and I could build with crating scraps and place in front of the store.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
