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
Any gases the probe encountered were then vacuum-withdrawn and collected, then sealed in a canister.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Elizabeth, 38, from Leven, spotted the prosthesis, which she first thought was a gas canister, on one of her usual walks from Hornsea.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
“Third warning. Gas, gas, gas,” Bovino says, then tossing the canister and pushing people away from the intersection.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
A burst of pink shoots from the canister in my hand, drops straight into a thatch of dry weeds.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Prosecutors say Diaz was seen leaving and returning to the warehouse with two gas canisters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Above ground, the spent nuclear fuel will be encapsulated in highly corrosion-resistent copper canisters.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Some dusted off old camping stoves and refilled oil canisters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The man wanted the researcher to go back to his home to receive the canisters, but she refused.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
My backpack held little more than three empty oxygen canisters and a pint of frozen lemonade; it probably weighed no more than sixteen or eighteen pounds.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing canister
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 4
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Chapter 4, Sections 1–4
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