caisson

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Recent Examples of caisson Arlington National Cemetery will soon bring back caisson horses for some military funerals after implementing a nearly two-year pause to improve the herd's health, the Army announced Tuesday. Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025 It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025 The Army hired experts for advice that ranged from finding the right horses for caisson duty to designing the curriculum for soldiers who care and ride them. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025 Ronald Reagan, a noted enthusiast did, and that’s the last time the caisson unit took part. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caisson
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Noun
  • With her skills, Biles is the originator of the most difficult skills on three events: vault, beam, and floor.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • As fans recall, Biles went to Paris to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics with seven medals and returned with four more, including gold in the women's all-around and individual vault final.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • New research on the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak puts another nail in the lab leak theory’s coffin.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
  • The pontiff was interred at the basilica on Saturday, after his wooden coffin was driven through the streets of Rome on the popemobile, passing the Colosseum and thousands of mourners on its way.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This huge cat tree features three top perches, hammocks, hidden compartments for your cats to play in and a scratching post.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
  • Often, a vehicle won’t start or fails to operate properly because mice have gnawed through wires in the engine compartment.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And not only does her role as Alison, a smart and determined deaf woman who works in a police canteen and gets recruited to use her lip-reading skills in a covert operation, redefine how deaf characters can be featured on screen.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
  • Back then, Erik ten Hag was manager, the staff lunch in the Carrington canteen was more than just soup and sandwiches, and Harry Maguire was just a centre-back.
    Mark Critchley, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Other new additions include Venus et Fleur’s Gardenia Magnifica blooms that hail from Japan and are designed to last a year; the Toile de Joie hatbox; the L’Atelier Vert Candle and more.
    Charlie Carballo, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.
    Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The shop in Beverly Hills, a 180-square-foot jewel box, is located around the corner from the hotel lobby.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
  • Here, tiny spaces turn into sophisticated jewel boxes.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025

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