contain
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Appeared in the March 5, 2026, print edition as 'An Urgent Need to Contain Turkey'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Contain Herbert, too, because he can burn you with his feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
She will embark on a continental tour - titled This Tour May Contain New Music - from January 2026, arriving in the UK in February.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
I love that recent song of his, “I Contain Multitudes.”
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024
In the simpler case of lexical ambiguity, an individual word has two meanings, as in the headlines Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted and New Vaccine May Contain Rabies.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing contain
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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