container
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Another allows California to require that container ships and oil tankers docked at California ports plug into the state’s electrical grid or install technology to capture their emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Everything was packed here for when the research missions were supposed to come back,” Al-Sanusi said, as Al-Abideen heaved a jammed container door open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"We're going to see a significant impact on the container sector," which is the canal's biggest source of revenue, he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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
There was spilled rice all over the floor, along with a cracked ceramic container with delicate painted flowers on it.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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It’s distilled and matured in the Canadian province of Manitoba, but then shipped in large containers to bottling facilities in the U.S. for distribution to American customers.
From MarketWatch ● 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 route mainly connects China, South Korea and Japan with the United States -- the origin or destination of seven in ten containers that pass through the canal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
A&W is known for frosty glass mugs, but our root beers came in quart-sized waxy paper containers shaped like traffic cones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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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