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container

[kuhn-tey-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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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

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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