container
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“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
Average rate to ship a 40-foot container from Asia to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
That rules out Supramax and other hulking container ships that make up a major share of global traffic, since they can offer hugely competitive rates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
One "container" that works very well to produce standing waves is a thin, very taut string that is held tightly in place at both ends.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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In other words, Canadian whiskies in containers larger than 4 liters won’t get banned from the American market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Light traps, made from sheets, lamps and containers of soapy water, were used to corner the bugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
They produce 60 tonnes of the sweet yet smelly fruit, which is driven in frozen containers thousands of kilometres north into China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
All of them — RVs, makeshift shelters, a few shipping containers and one compound of discarded school bungalows — fall within the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Not the actual fluid, but the containers that hold it, which are in every car.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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