crib

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The uplighted orrery glows on the faces of two boys who lean into the circuits of solar orbit as it once glowed on the faces of the shepherds and magi at the crib in Bethlehem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Just days after Alexa officially took ownership of her father’s Nolita crib, Joel slashed $4.9 million from his Long Island estate, Realtor.com® can reveal.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

She has long been seen as someone who does not — to crib a phrase occasionally used about her behind closed doors — “wait her turn.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

"It may be that staff didn't attach a card or tag immediately, or that it simply fell off and was put back on the wrong baby or on the wrong crib."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

When the corn was dry enough to crib, we hitched up Siren and Stentor to the wagon and had them in the field by daylight.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck