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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
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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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