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On today’s bait menu: a tin of Wild Planet sardines, a bag of tuna flakes and a clamshell container of roasted chicken wings Navratil picked up from 7-Eleven on the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Global container capacity, measured in 20-foot equivalent units, stuck in port congestion, the equivalent of 6.6% of the fleet, according to Sea-Intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Inside a shipping container beside the field, the engineers highlight on a computer the area they want the aircraft to spray.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Sailing from Busan New Port, the container ship -- the "PanStar Acro" -- will sail to Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
She pulls the top off a container on the counter and hands it to me.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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Imports for this month are forecast at 2.31 million loaded containers, measured in 20-foot-equivalent units, up about 10% compared with 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In other words, Canadian whiskies in containers larger than 4 liters won’t get banned from the American market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
It's a common occurrence in megacities across the continent, where kiosks, carts, containers, tables and stalls laid out on the ground are part of the urban landscape.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
They headed to the backyard, where a dozen containers lay in the sun, one for each of the international archaeological missions that had been working in Sudan before the war’s start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The glass orbs dove back to his cart and nestled themselves into their containers.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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