container
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The Kenyan government has already built a large container port on the mainland a few miles from Lamu Island, its lights and cranes visible from the rooftop of Banana House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
She added drivers can also keep their keys in a metal container, such as a biscuit tin, or even the microwave at home.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A container ship in the Suez Canal ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days, delaying the delivery of billions of dollars of goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
That’s right: Oprah Winfrey persuaded her followers to buy a cylindrical glass container holding paper and air, for $45.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Bess walked to the dairy section for a container of milk.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
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Newer standards also require testing of containers to see how they react to fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In Bang Kapi locals used ice-boxes and other floating plastic containers to cart supplies from nearby markets and supermarkets, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The La Verne blaze began shortly before noon Tuesday inside one of four 250-kilowatt-battery containers at the Metropolitan Water District’s facility on Wheeler Avenue, according to the La Verne Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Streets in Islamabad are already lined with shipping containers, ready to safeguard the city's government buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Only fragments of crates remain, the containers which signify nothing in themselves.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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