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container

[kuhn-tay-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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In August and September alone, it made several round trips carrying fuel between Port Everglades, Fla., and Mariel, Cuba’s main container terminal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

At a recycling plant in Coventry, I watched staff sorting rubbish on a fast-moving conveyor belt when a crushed yellow sharps container suddenly appeared among the waste.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

And there’s a precedent: At the same time the Treasury imposed sanctions on the 17 shadow-fleet vessels, it removed from the sanctions list two container ships that have been sold to U.S.-aligned operators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Finally, I peeled back the lid and peeked inside the container.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

On a recent afternoon, cars pulled in and out of one such depot, a nondescript building in Havana that housed dozens of large plastic containers of fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Hundreds of native plants thrive in containers smaller than the soil assembled atop the Lucas parking structure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Intermodal containers and trailers transported by railroads increased 12.6% from a year earlier in the week ended Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A top Korean basketball official said tall athletes housed in the containers were struggling to "stretch their legs out on the beds".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Kazi took everything out of the pantry, the containers of lentils, dried peas, rice, flour, and spices.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani


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