compartment
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In January 2025 an Air Busan plane was destroyed on the tarmac in Gimhae Airport in South Korea, with investigators concluding a power bank battery pack left in an overhead luggage compartment was the culprit.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Each seat, the company says, has its own overhead luggage compartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The weathered thread compartment holds two toy horses with armed riders in red coats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The study, titled "Personalised gait retraining for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial," was published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
“The cannibal book, too. I followed my nose and the scent of the sea, all the way inside Quinzawoo’s room, under his bed, and into the secret compartment of his hidden suitcase. Easy!”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The second discovery involved paraspeckles, small droplet-like compartments located inside the cell nucleus.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
A lot of Arasheben’s rings have James Bond elements such as secret compartments or special elements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Take, for example, the viral “snackle box,” which contains multiple compartments to hold everything from your favorite packaged snacks and candies to cut up fruit and vegetables.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
These frozen meals were arranged in heat-and-serve aluminum trays with three compartments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
I see in him a man who divides himself into compartments and can switch between them on command.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Vocabulary lists containing compartment
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 6
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ment
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