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Recent Examples of sea chest
Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.
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David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea chest
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The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.—
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Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).—
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My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.—
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The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.—
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The facility had different meats — including uncooked chicken, beef and fish — stored together in a chest freezer.—
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Hunt is said to be considering the BBC role, but is keeping her cards close to her chest in conversations with industry colleagues.—
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Through food rewards and gradual trust-building, the birds learn to travel in a crate and to sit on a perch and a glove during a program.—
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Officials say truckloads of antiquities were driven from the capital in 2023 — RSF members filmed themselves opening crates of mummified remains — and estimate total losses at $110 million.—
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The gunfire damaged the car’s rear end, trunk, tail light and rear window louver, according to court documents.—
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Just don’t place fragile items and objects that could be damaged by extreme heat or cold in your trunk unless your car is staying put and the weather is mild.—
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The cheapest carton of eggs was just 2 cents less than compared to 2024.—
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The Best Way To Store Your Eggs To keep your eggs fresh, always store them in their original carton (or a lidded egg tray) and place on a center shelf of the refrigerator toward the back, where the temperature will consistently remain below 40°F.—
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The burglars steal large amounts of cash, large fire extinguishers, small deposit boxes, small safes, and poker machines.—
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Even some of Circle K’s own staffers have been duped into taking thousands from their stores’ safes and feeding the money into crypto ATMs, police reports show.—
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This Master Lock portable lockbox safely stores your credit cards, jewelry, and other small valuables.—
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The manager of a rental car company who reported the vehicle stolen believed the lockbox containing the keys had been pried open, and said two other vehicles were stolen from the same garage.—
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“Sea chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20chest. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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