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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
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.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).
Investigators said the argument escalated into a physical fight when the female suspect began swinging and striking the victim in the chest and head and then pulling her hair.
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Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
Changing this simple action may go a long way in preventing that burning feeling in the chest.
Gestation crates confine breeding sows, animals that can weigh over 500 pounds, to a space roughly the size of a refrigerator box for most of their lives.
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Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
The production begins with a DJ (Ken Ard) rifling through a crate of vinyl records.
Schuch paused in front of a Tetra Pak carton of Côtes du Rhône, noting that while such packaging had gone over fine in Nordic countries, French consumers had rejected it vehemently.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Just like trying to drive around while spreading ketchup on a carton of French fries, the brand’s origin story is not without its messiness.
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.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Apr. 2026
Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
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