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crate

[kreyt] / kreɪt /
NOUN
wooden container
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That crate was then placed into an outer cage, in which metal springs acted as shock absorbers to protect it from bumps in the road.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

"I don't know how and where to get the ID card; now I'll go and check," said 17-year-old Abdulrehman Sudais, standing beside a crate of chickens he had carried across the border for his mother.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Moving a roughly 86-ton spacecraft, especially without damaging it, is not as simple as placing a Pablo Picasso in a padded crate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

During the frenzy of the fire, Fillmore had apparently run out of his unlocked crate and was later found hiding in the 90-year-old’s bedroom, shaking.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

So he gave me an old yogurt container full of water, and I opened the crate door without lifting the burlap, stuck the water inside, and shut the door again as fast as I could.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

At the warehouse in Bangkok's Nonthaburi suburb, the sound of people rummaging through products and plastic crates clattering against shopping carts echoes through the building.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

"Look at the sun," said Himanshu, a trader standing beside crates of tomatoes.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Officers trooped out of the building with crates of potential evidence; arguably an even more astonishing sight than the tent outside the house near Glasgow.

From BBC May 25, 2026

The onslaught, largely from the air, has bewildered curators and aid agencies who thought they had figured out how to protect artworks and artifacts from conflicts, using everything from sandbags to padded crates.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Pong waited behind the crates, sniffing the air until he was as sure as he could be that Nok was nowhere near.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The work will be crated and shipped in waves.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

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

The boys conducted Abra through the house—opened closets to show wash basins and toilets and chandeliers, still crated and waiting to be installed.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

The Lincolns see crating as a “quick fix” for problem behavior.

From The Guardian Jun. 25, 2015

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




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