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Recent Examples of caisson
The caissons stopped rolling in 2023, and the remaining horses retired to Florida.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
The Army's caisson detatchment was worn down by too many funerals, underinvestment and poor care.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
The Army's caisson detatchment was worn down by too many funerals, underinvestment and poor care.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caisson
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Tyce Porcher, Pole vault, King’s Academy junior: Fifth at 2A meet with 4.05m jump; set PR and school record in winning regional meet (4.20m) after returning from injury; also went to state in wrestling and placed in state weightlifting competition.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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Fire crews found fire in the electric vault in the basement of the library, according to the Hartford Fire Department.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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The Indiana Pacers are currently down 3-2 in their series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and an injury to Haliburton could be the nail in the coffin for them.—
Mikai Bruce,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Surely one of these seemingly daily controversies — some profane dig at an American war hero, some resurfaced scandal from his past — would eventually be the nail in the coffin for the Donald Trump campaign.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Through the night, several of them allegedly followed the southbound Brink’s truck, which was piloted by one driver while another dozed in the vehicle’s sleeping compartment.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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The main compartment has two shelves worth of storage that are 18 inches deep and 9 inches tall.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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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
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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
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Against a backdrop of corporatized Pride Month mega-events that pelt you with free rainbow canteens and bad music, this was much more authentic and communal.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2025
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On his way back to the canteen for one of those soft pretzels, Phil saw that the Jasper Gunn Mummy was also being exhibited, accompanied by a display of antique cowboy toys.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
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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
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The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.—
Jennifer Dixon,
Detroit Free Press,
15 Aug. 2024
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Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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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
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Nicolas Baumann Fischer shows us this jewel box of an apartment with a certain pride.—
Edmée Jouslin de Noray,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2025
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But his fans know that within all the jewel box recreations, symmetrical framing, and pastel details, are films full of pathos.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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“Caisson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caisson. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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