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canister

[kan-uh-ster] / ˈkæn ə stər /






NOUN
pail
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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 vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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

“Third warning. Gas, gas, gas,” Bovino says, then tossing the canister and pushing people away from the intersection.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026

He put the lid back on the canister.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Large black canisters sat nearby on the road, the images showed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Prosecutors say Diaz was seen leaving and returning to the warehouse with two gas canisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Banned items include weapons, fireworks, flares, gas canisters, laser pens, camping chairs, umbrellas, flagpoles, air horns, megaphones, nitrous oxide, and excessive food and cigarettes security would think was more than "personal use".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Then Breashears offered his expedition’s supply of oxygen—fifty canisters that had been laboriously carried to 26,000 feet—to the ailing climbers and would-be rescuers on the Col.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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