canister
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At one training company visited by AFP, humans holding what looked like PlayStation controllers repeated a single task -- folding clothes, moving blocks, spraying a canister -- as humanoid partners mirrored their actions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
An empty steel canister sat on a cleared drill pad, waiting to go down a second hole this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It was rescued and saved by Rick Flagan, a professor of chemical engineering and environmental science, who found it in a tin film canister in a Caltech closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Five people were taken to hospital after a gas canister exploded during a charity event at a farm in Cheshire.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
She pushed a plastic canister into his hands, and squinting into the dark, he saw they were iron supplements.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Cambridgeshire Police said the force had disposed of 972 canisters over the past 12 months and confirmed officers had also noticed a rise in the larger canisters being discarded.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Prosecutors say Diaz was seen leaving and returning to the warehouse with two gas canisters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mazaar's small motorbike is so laden with plastic canisters filled with petrol that there's barely room for him to sit.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
The canisters will be lowered into holes drilled in the tunnels, before the holes are filled with bentonite clay to seal them, Parviainen explained.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The coffee and tea canisters lay on their sides, empty.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing canister
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 4
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Chapter 4, Sections 1–4
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