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Recent Examples of kraal
All the huts in the village were centered around the kraal, or cattle enclosure, which faced the rising sun.
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Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Next to each tent was a protective kraal of thorn brush for the animals at night.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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 camp consisted of a stockade erected around a 16-acre field by 200 enslaved workers commandeered from nearby plantations.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Fort Massac on the Ohio River waterfront is a faithful reconstruction of an 1802 American fort built on the site of a French stockade erected in 1757 to safeguard the region from British invasion during the French & Indian War.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Cronenworth has always been quite the worker and quite the tinkerer in the cage.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Install Trellising Small trellises, tomato cages, and trellising systems like the Florida weave are usually installed at planting time.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While Minnelli, 79, pens darker moments of grief and addiction, her memoir is an overall romp through a life in showbiz, complete with plenty of witty zingers.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Soon, he's run afoul of both a terrifying gangster (Abel Ferrara) and a wealthy pen magnate (Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary).—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This kennel cover is part of Target's Ballerina and Ballet Bows collection.—
Jessica Moore,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the Air Force concurs with the overall recommendation in the report to increase the number of caretakers for military working dogs and to develop a plan to upgrade all of the kennel facilities.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Kraal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kraal. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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