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Recent Examples of kraal
The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.
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Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.
—Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020
Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows.
—Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
Next to each tent was a protective kraal of thorn brush for the animals at night.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.
—Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020
Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows.
—Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
Next to each tent was a protective kraal of thorn brush for the animals at night.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kraal
Noun
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
3 Sep. 2024
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Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.—
Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
15 July 2024
Noun
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At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
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Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.—
Erika Mailman,
WSJ,
9 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Breaking out of a wooden cage to grind against a stripper pole in a green bolero jacket, tongue-flashing rapper Käärijä certainly committed to the theme.—
Nick Allen,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Lopez fired a missile into the cage with 4:27 remaining to complete the hat trick, as the Cougars gained some breathing room with an 8-6 advantage.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Inside was changa, DMT powder and vape pens, ketamine, LSD, MDMA, and mushrooms.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Towering cranes stand 500 feet above the ground, swinging 30-ton cargo crates into the air and endlessly moving them from giant ships to holding pens and then turning around and sending off the next set of shipments.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The video, posted to the clinic's social media, begins with an unusual camera angle: from inside a kennel.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Another of the couple’s dogs was found dead in a kennel.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Kraal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kraal. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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