crate

as in wreck
a dilapidated old automobile he keeps sinking money into that old crate

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Recent Examples of crate However, it has no longer been maintained for Rust, forcing developers to rely on combinations of different crates and custom parsing logic to achieve similar functionality. Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 The dog, Zinna, who was in a crate recovering from surgery, died from a combination of dehydration and starvation. David Matthews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025 One of the couple’s three dogs was found dead in a crate in the bathroom, the sheriff said. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 One of the couple's three dogs was found dead in a crate about 10 to 15 feet from Arakawa's body, officials said. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crate
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Noun
  • Since his car wreck in February 2021, Woods has not played a consistent schedule.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Luke Peterson, from Highlands Ranch, was killed in the March 16 wreck, the Douglas County Coroner’s Office confirmed in a March 19 email to McClatchy News.
    Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The hulk of metal moved silently through space, high above the blue Earth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Having boy hulk Matthew Knies at the net front, to retrieve pucks and be a pain for the defence, is one positive step that’s been working.
    James Mirtle, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • DePaul got to double overtime before being eliminated by Creighton in the Big East, and Louisville needed a buzzer beater to knock out Stanford in the ACC.
    Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The two teams combined for six 3s in the final couple of minutes of the third quarter, the last a pull-up buzzer beater from Colorado Academy’s Clyde Love to push the Mustangs lead to 44-38 heading into the final eight minutes.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The wine showcases herbal, blackcurrant leaf, and floral aromas, followed by lemon zest and peach notes on the palate, underlined by vibrant acidity and flinty minerality.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Desserts are similarly imaginative, offering up the Lost Ark Shortbread, a vanilla, caramel, candied lemon, and almond crumble fit for Indiana Jones, and a sweet blueberry, vanilla, and Timut berry (an ingredient from Nepal similar to Sichuan berries) inspired by Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Stan would then state how urgently this jalopy was in need of cleaning, and Sandra might remark dryly how men never change.
    Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Crate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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