Example Sentences

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Installation of the display involved dozens of riggers and two cranes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

That has fuelled a construction boom, filling the skyline with cranes, creating traffic bottlenecks and putting a strain on key services.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

So the idea that there would be madcap antics between the captains of the steel-hulled crab boats, with their enormous holds, hydraulic cranes and steel decks, seems silly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

"We know they're nesting when we start seeing single cranes out in flight," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

So lonely that Sadako folded more cranes to keep up her courage.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr