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Recent Examples of crate
The dog escaped from its pet crate while being taken to the plane and ran across the airport runway and was chased by three vans, per CBS News.
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Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
It can also be spread indirectly through manure, equipment, vehicles, egg flats, crates, clothing and shoes, water and, potentially, feed.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Then came daring rescue in Pennsylvania Bailey and Faith, two dogs in Philadelphia, were found in dire conditions — Bailey barely able to move in a backyard and Faith locked in a basement crate — before being rescued by the Pennsylvania SPCA.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Allsup, crouched in a small crate, looked quietly apprehensive.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
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Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
It can also be spread indirectly through manure, equipment, vehicles, egg flats, crates, clothing and shoes, water and, potentially, feed.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Then came daring rescue in Pennsylvania Bailey and Faith, two dogs in Philadelphia, were found in dire conditions — Bailey barely able to move in a backyard and Faith locked in a basement crate — before being rescued by the Pennsylvania SPCA.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Allsup, crouched in a small crate, looked quietly apprehensive.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crate
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Russia may be using the wreck of the MS Estonia–a Baltic Sea ferry that sank in 1994–as a training ground and strategic base for covert underwater surveillance operations targeting NATO forces, independent European investigators have said in a new report.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Officials investigating the wreck in Florida said Singh failed English and road sign tests.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There, beside the shiplike hulk of the Basilica of San Petronio—which is a work in progress, the foundation stone having been laid in 1390, and which somebody really should get around to finishing one of these days—was a vast white screen.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Like the port-holes of a hulk, Human spiders spin and spin, Backward down their threads so thin Dropping, each a hempen bulk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The part-time residents used to keep a beater to drive around.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Lazar’s near buzzer-beater added one to both categories.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Three flies hung out around the ice machine and around lemons.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Add bourbon, lemon, ginger syrup, and bitters, and shake for six to eight seconds.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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Stan would then state how urgently this jalopy was in need of cleaning, and Sandra might remark dryly how men never change.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Crate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crate. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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