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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
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
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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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
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During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
Noun
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But Walpole’s speed out of the cage, and all over the field, kept Andover off the scoreboard.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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For his final two pieces—with cage, clock, backpack, and rope behind him—Hsieh distilled his medium to time itself.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To become Florida law, bills need to survive committee hearings, pass votes in the House and Senate and avoid the governor’s veto pen.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Common heights for outdoor pens for dogs are 24 inches, 30 inches, 36 inches, 42 inches and 48 inches.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The dog is currently being cared for at a secure kennel and the man was placed in police custody for questioning, per the release.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Investigators said it was not immediately known what caused the fire at the kennel.—
Christopher DeRose,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Kraal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kraal. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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