container
Example Sentences
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"Over the past 24 hours, 26 vessels -- including oil tankers, container ships and other commercial vessels -- transited the Strait of Hormuz," said the Guards' navy in a post on X.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The four firms allegedly conspired to roughly double container prices between 2019 and 2021, resulting in roughly a hundredfold increase to their profits, the DOJ said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The concept of packing aesthetically pleasing snacks in a container isn’t new.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
The near-standstill of shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is redrawing the map for container shipping — the backbone of global trade — and adding to worries about inflation.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
She disappeared into the store and returned with a small plastic container of store-bought dog snacks.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing container
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