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Recent Examples of crawlway
The roughly four-mile crawlway is constructed with a specialized type of river rock, designed to hold up to 22 million pounds.
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Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
To limit the amount of dust kicked up by the crawler—after all, dust is the enemy to any machine—a truck sprays water over the crawlway.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
In the first 5 years of operation, the railroad delivered 30,000 carloads of material to help construct the massive crawlway connecting the VAB to the launch pads, according to the Southeastern Railway Museum.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2020
Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
To limit the amount of dust kicked up by the crawler—after all, dust is the enemy to any machine—a truck sprays water over the crawlway.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
In the first 5 years of operation, the railroad delivered 30,000 carloads of material to help construct the massive crawlway connecting the VAB to the launch pads, according to the Southeastern Railway Museum.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawlway
Noun
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Both wars have gotten demonstrably worse with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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Thanks to wildlife cameras, conservationists knew amphibians were using the tunnels.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Sean joined her, and Bronte shared her theory about Gabby, believing that Gabby may have been at the caves.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
6 June 2025
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As reported earlier, these ancient Hebrew texts—roughly 900 full and partial scrolls in all, stored in clay jars—were first discovered scattered in various caves near what was once the settlement of Qumran, just north of the Dead Sea, by Bedouin shepherds in 1946–1947.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The two carved their names into the side of the caverns.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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High-definition graphical processing power for that era contributed to indelible world building, allowing players to freely travel the cities and caverns of Cyrodiil.—
Jamal Michel,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Every subway car is like a miracle of human diversity.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
12 June 2025
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Urban centers like Barcelona and New York City—and even indoor spaces like high-rises and subway tunnels—are particularly prone to GPS disruptions.—
Mariam Sorond,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Crawlway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawlway. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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