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crate

noun

ˈkrāt

Definition of crate

as in wreck

a dilapidated old automobile he keeps sinking money into that old crate

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Recent Examples of crate The roar of the engines vibrated through the fuselage, rattling bones and teeth, while supply crates shifted and groaned with every lurch. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 The sensational international rescue of the famously sentient creatures, replete with colossal cargo planes, huge crates and Shedd staffers working in the dead of night to transport and care for the whales, must have looked made for social media. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 On a Saturday in late September 2025, the 40-year-old mother of four was loading crates of grapes onto a forklift in a Fresno County field. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 In the 1981 film The Great Muppet Caper, the Muppets get shipped across the Atlantic in crates stenciled with the species inside. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crate

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Ishibashi makes for a resilient and empathetic Junna, even as her character inevitably bears the brunt of much of the film’s divisive moralizing, while Emoto’s Morio is a quivering wreck of fragility and good intentions.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
That Stage 1 wreck was one of many difficult moments for playoff drivers through the afternoon.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of wreck

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Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
In the film, Russell wants a hulk of a man but doesn’t care about money, while Monroe transparently is looking for a man who can fuel her desire for diamonds.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026

Definition of hulk

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Rockstar took eight years developing GTA 6, which had more starts and stops than some of the game’s banged up beater vehicles.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
The Aces went on to win the game 86-84 in overtime courtesy of a Chelsea Gray buzzer-beater.

— Alejandro Avila , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of beater

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But her best argument is that City Hall and the entrenched political establishment need a major shake-up, because the machine is now a jalopy.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Two doors down, someone is adding to their sizable collection of jalopies.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026

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