CRANES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

cranes

verb

present tense third-person singular of crane

as in lifts

to move from a lower to a higher place or position craned her head to see the roof

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Recent Examples of cranes The main difference is that Ruisdael cranes upward, to behold a castle on a hill, whereas Vermeer levels his gaze across open water. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Greta cranes her neck to see how many other phones are in there, how many other patrons there may be in the Found Object Society tonight. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Gathered in a stand of trees, onto the branches of which some have lifted themselves, the crowd cranes to take in the scene. — Michael Lobel, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026 The contrasting Top Ride mode cranes the camera up from behind your racer to a bird's-eye view of the entire track. — NPR, 19 Nov. 2025 An opening shot of the night sky cranes down to a bank of satellites that immediately recalls Contact, the Robert Zemeckis sci-fi thriller that also starts with scientists trying to parse a message from a distant star system. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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Its auto-empty dock holds weeks of debris without manual intervention, while intelligent carpet detection automatically lifts the mop pad to keep rugs dry.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Meta's $18 billion social media settlement lifts a legal overhang that some analysts said could clear the way for a wave of new AI product launches.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

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Peter Zumthor’s design hoists a serpentine platform atop pavilions that read like stout, truncated legs, making the edifice almost creaturely in its architectural stance.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The Chase for the championship begins at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina on Sunday, with the top 16 drivers embarking on a 10-race stretch that will determine who hoists the Bill France Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway in mid-November.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

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An Indian institution that’s built its operations around a foreign foundation model has no real recourse if that vendor raises prices, withdraws the model, hits new export restrictions or gets caught in a geopolitical dispute over chip access.

— Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Israel, like many countries, raises money by selling bonds to investors, who then receive repayments with interest after a specified time period.

— Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

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