live-boxes

noun

plural of live-box
as in cages

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  1. cages
  2. pounds
  3. runs
  4. pens
  5. corrals
  6. folds
  7. coops
Noun
  • The space is cramped and chaotic as volunteers and visitors squeeze past each other between the rows of cages in a converted office space.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Fishermen haul up cages with lobsters ready for steaming pots, buttery rolls, and rich chowder.
    — Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of cages
Noun
  • Tillery was described as being 3 feet tall and weighing around 45 pounds.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Zhuque-3 can haul about 40,350 pounds (18,300 kilograms) to low Earth orbit, while the Falcon 9's LEO payload capacity is 50,265 pounds (22,800 kg).
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of pounds
Noun
  • The Angels broke open the game with four runs and six hits off Texas left-hander Jordan Montgomery in the fifth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The offense has been especially dangerous in August — 36 of their 70 runs this month have come with two outs.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs
Noun
  • The state is no longer collecting sales tax on nonelectronic school supplies, which includes a long list of items like paper, notebooks, binder, pens, pencils and markers, rules and protractors, glue, highlighters, index cards and scissors.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear.
    — Angela Hart — KFF Health News, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pens
Noun
  • Horse corrals remain in place from the princess’s time there, and an infinity-view deck takes in sunsets over the surrounding mountains.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
  • To stake herbaceous peonies, use rings, grow-through grids, tomato cages, or homemade corrals made of bamboo and string.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
Definition of corrals
Noun
  • Instead, pack blazers, dress shirts, and anything with structure in a garment bag, which requires fewer folds and lays flat.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Fifty folds makes the paper about 113 million km thick, so one more gets you past the sun—51 folds is about 225 million km.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • Melissa Knicely, a public information officer with Animal Care and Control, said permitting has increased over the past decade as more residents seek fresh eggs and set up coops at home.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
  • Moving through rooftop coops, city streets, and a mosaic of New York voices, the film invites us to reconsider the pigeon, soften our gaze, and recognize that coexistence is an act of choice.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 19 June 2026
Definition of coops
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