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container

[kuhn-tay-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Maersk is reportedly planning a US$8.9 billion program for 42 liquefied natural gas dual field container ships, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maritime Trade Operations separately issued warnings Wednesday about two container ships struck by unidentified projectiles while traveling across the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

These businesses can book a cargo container, sea passage to an overseas destination, arrange insurance cover, and secure finance.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

At the heart of each nest, in the innermost container, was a nuclear boiling water reactor.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Cool promptly in shallow containers, label and refrigerate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

They then transported the containers to a laboratory for X-ray computed tomography, or XCT scanning.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Not only could there be Ghost Sharks in those shipping containers, but those Ghost Sharks now have teeth," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

It said the vessel was carrying "2,500 containers of contraband" and had taken an "unauthorised route".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

"This bag is filled with empty raisin containers and oatmeal cookie boxes."

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene


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