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The Army is also working on obtaining a lighter caisson to put less strain on the horses and developing new saddles and other tack to better prevent horse injuries, Pepin said.
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Tara Copp, Fortune, 10 May 2023
It would be built on concrete caissons, similar to stilts commonly seen in East Coast coastal communities, to allow seawater to wash under the home, according to the plans submitted to the Coastal Commission.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
These fenders and caissons also defend the massive piers from seaborne attack by presenting a navigational challenge for sea drones attempting to reach them.
—Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
The Army Military District of Washington is also considering reducing the weight of the caisson, which is about 2,800 pounds without the casket.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 10 May 2023
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Tara Copp, Fortune, 10 May 2023
It would be built on concrete caissons, similar to stilts commonly seen in East Coast coastal communities, to allow seawater to wash under the home, according to the plans submitted to the Coastal Commission.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
These fenders and caissons also defend the massive piers from seaborne attack by presenting a navigational challenge for sea drones attempting to reach them.
—Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
The Army Military District of Washington is also considering reducing the weight of the caisson, which is about 2,800 pounds without the casket.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 10 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caisson
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After his death, more than 60,000 of his 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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The museum vault is 131 feet long and 32 feet high occupying three floors connected by a long, slanted ramp.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The coffins contained the skeletons of five women, two men and three children.Brie Stimson, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The top plate features a ghost, a wee gravestone, and a coffin.Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Then came the law against having open containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Watertight compartments made the ship extremely hard to sink; and Gibbs obsessively removed the flammable wood that ordinarily would have formed much of the ship's interior decor.Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
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Such stand-alone films were screened in civic spaces, canteens, army venues, trade union halls as well as cinemas.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Smith lost her telephone, tablet and canteen privileges for 90 days, beginning Oct. 4.Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
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The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
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Presenting an antique for inspection, Queen Camilla unveiled a snuffbox from the Royal Collection, which impressed Roadshow silver expert Duncan Campbell with its rich history.Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
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On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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The ghost was intended to be an opening day character whose head disappeared before guests’ eyes then reappeared in a hatbox in his hand.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
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Down the street is the artist Jack Pierson’s Elliott Templeton Fine Arts, a jewel box of a space devoted to delicate ideas strongly executed.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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The rooms are jewel boxes with the near-requisite Murano glass chandeliers.Everett Potter, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Caisson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caisson. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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