compartment
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I had to use the trunk opener inside the glove compartment, which, of course, had been jimmied open, and I kept closed with duct tape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In January 2025 an Air Busan plane was destroyed on the tarmac in Gimhae Airport in South Korea, with investigators concluding a power bank battery pack left in an overhead luggage compartment was the culprit.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The weathered thread compartment holds two toy horses with armed riders in red coats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Papers destined to be read in 250 years are stored in a separate compartment inside the cylinder and sealed, while the other objects were placed in cardboard boxes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Only when they were safe in their compartment, when nothing serious could go wrong, did Mother fret.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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Inside, TV screens replaced the overhead luggage compartments, and a strip of lights lined the carriages’ walls from front to back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The second discovery involved paraspeckles, small droplet-like compartments located inside the cell nucleus.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Airline rules have slight differences in their advice to passengers on the issue, but generally ask that portable chargers be kept in a bag under the seat rather than in overhead compartments.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Take, for example, the viral “snackle box,” which contains multiple compartments to hold everything from your favorite packaged snacks and candies to cut up fruit and vegetables.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
I see in him a man who divides himself into compartments and can switch between them on command.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Vocabulary lists containing compartment
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 6
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A Farewell To Arms
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ment
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