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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
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!).
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Janet Arzt,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Anyone with information about a Purple Heart return, particularly a safe-deposit box connected to Robert Cawthon, is urged to contact the Illinois treasurer’s office at claimantconnect@illinoistreasurer.gov.
For Stone, the Susa sandals aligned with the breezy sophistication of her archival spring 1996 Donna Karan ensemble, which consisted of a column skirt and a collared top daintily fastened at the chest.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
Vitello himself was suspended four games by the NCAA for chest-bumping an umpire during an argument in 2022.
Robbie cradles his sleeping child; bonds with his best friend, Cliff (Raúl Castillo), during a discussion about dating and intimacy; and then carefully removes his gun from a lockbox in preparation for a violent raid.
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Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
This means that the cryptographic lockboxes protecting personal information, financial records and intellectual property are on the verge of being broken wide open.
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