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Recent Examples of sea chestChapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.—David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023 The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
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Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.
That’s when Sanchez and 15-year-old cousin Diego Hernandez left Nipomo, off the Central Coast, with 60 crates of berries loaded onto a 2017 Ford Transit 150 Van with 290,000 miles on the odometer.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
Shop thrift stores for baskets, crates, and trays to organize your home affordably.
In July 2025, choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue filed a police report after the trunk window was damaged on their rental car and two suitcases were missing.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2026
The Miata’s tiny trunk with a small opening, and no back seat, does not work very well for Costco runs.
Where Banking History Meets Live Music The hotel’s name is, of course, a reference to a promissory note—and many of the original features, including seven bank vaults and safes, have been thoughtfully preserved and woven into the design.
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Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
All rooms will have a 65-inch flat-screen television, in-room safe, a Nespresso machine, Le Labo bath amenities, flexible seating options, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
The watch comes with a lockbox containing extensive documentation, including letters between Jack Heuer (then-Heuer CEO) and Nunley, and over 200 archival photographs from the set.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2026
Upgrade Your Front Door Area Your front door is where buyers stand while their agent unlocks the lockbox.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026