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crib

[krib] / krɪb /


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Blain told the court Thea had been in sleeping in her crib when she went to take a nap herself, but was woken when a neighbour came to the door.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

As soon as she told me the crib was built by a brother I said, “Yo, is this some Black postmodernist architecture?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The crib looks exactly the same as it did in the ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 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

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




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