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[kuhn-teynd] / kənˈteɪnd /












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Helming a food business is a full-circle moment for Paltrow, who in 2008 launched the Goop newsletter from her kitchen table; the first dispatch contained her recipes for turkey ragù and banana-nut muffins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Rather than signaling hidden weakness, that calm may point to resilience within the asset class, as structures hold up and defaults remain contained.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The affected areas also contained greater numbers of mature oligodendrocytes, the cells responsible for producing myelin.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

"It remains the assessment of our system managers that the cyber incident is contained."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“I was convinced,” he stated, “that the seabed contained memories of maritime civilizations that had never been recorded. What historians had missed, the sea remembered.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler