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container

[kuhn-tay-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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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

A wind turbine installation vessel called the Wind Orca collided with a container ship berthed at the Port of Tyne.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

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

Securing part of this would lift Yangzijiang’s order wins and reinforce its credentials in such container ships, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was almost time for the bell, so I tucked my sandwich container into my backpack.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Japanese beer crates were the inspiration for these stackable cassette containers, which come in primary colors and neons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

"We send the pellets back to China in what would otherwise be empty shipping containers, and it's spun back into yarn," Cross adds.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 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

He kept the wine for the inn in wineskins, enormous containers made out of animal skins.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios


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