grate
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After the crocodile ate a bird that had flown in, staff moved the reptile outside and used cinder blocks to weigh down the grate keeping it closed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
"If you just need to grate some cheese over pasta, there are alternatives," she said.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
There is no shame in Gyllenhaal’s game, and her honest excitement to dabble with references and emotion is refreshing, even when these moments grate.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
“There’s a steel grate, and the water runs underneath the grate, underneath the tunnel, below PCH, and right onto the sand and right out into the bay. This is a real public hazard.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
Gray ash collects on the grate; black burns scar logs.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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