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The refurbishment included a complete overhaul, including a paint job, the repairing of caisson cracks, window and door replacements, cleaning and re-pointing of the foundation masonry, restoring all wood floors, and reconstruction of the intermediate landing between the bridge and gangway.
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Michael P. McKinney, USA Today, 7 June 2025
In February, Bally’s began driving foundational caissons into the ground, with executives targeting a September 2026 opening for the casino.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The caisson horses in service before the pause have been rehabilitated and retired, and since then, the Army has procured 46 horses.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
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Michael P. McKinney, USA Today, 7 June 2025
In February, Bally’s began driving foundational caissons into the ground, with executives targeting a September 2026 opening for the casino.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The caisson horses in service before the pause have been rehabilitated and retired, and since then, the Army has procured 46 horses.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caisson
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Offload expiring deals and build up a vault of draft capital to build with in the offseason.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, when colonizers attempted to burn all evidence of Nkrumah’s time as a revolutionary leader, Hesse snuck his reels out of Ghana, and into a London vault, where the footage has spent decades inside, waiting to be digitized.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
25 Oct. 2025
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The sound of hammering came from outside in the driveway, where some men were building a coffin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mestemaker’s career day featured 608 yards through the air, breaking the North Texas program record, including dealing to three different receivers with 100-yard days, led by Wyatt Young’s 190 yards and a 70-yard touchdown to put the nail in Charlotte’s coffin.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Apollo-era lunar module was a two-part spacecraft—a descent stage that landed the astronauts on the surface, and an ascent stage, containing the crew compartment, that lifted back off, leaving the bottom half of the vehicle on the moon.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Inside, each case has a spacious main compartment with divider panels to help keep your items organized.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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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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Mind you, the entire infantry kit in those days didn't go far beyond a rifle, bayonet, canteen, mess tins, and an entrenching tool balanced with the odd hand grenade.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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Those moves included everything from emptying competitors' canteens to searching for idols without receiving a clue first.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 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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Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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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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Brooches emerged from the jewel box, still precious but now used as a tool to elevate layering and style from the lapel up.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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The jewel box–like property was created by combining a series of smaller hotels into this 32-room hideaway.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Caisson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caisson. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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