container
Example Sentences
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It is giving people a voice, and it is giving them a container in which to use that voice.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
China’s next export shock may not arrive in a shipping container — it may walk onto the factory floor.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
None are yet inhabited as the Cuban state tries to carry out a plan amid the fuel shortages for a small community of container houses around a children's playground and a local store.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
During his two days of detention on the boat, Bertel, who is in his thirties, also spoke of "three soldiers in a container".
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Then I chased the fried-sugar-bread down with a long drink of water and slammed the lid back on the container.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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