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It will not noticeably change the reading on a bathroom scale, and it would not affect how much peanut butter is required to produce a 16-ounce container.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Beyond the container huts, between 4,000 and 5,000 participants will be staying on an Italian cruise ship which docked in Nagoya on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
RTX and Xcimer say they are developing a prototype for a pulsed ultraviolet laser system about the size of a shipping container that could be moved from place to place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“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
Bright Ghanaian cloth created a pretty canopy over her bed, and a glass container sat beside her table.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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For years I’ve had deli containers of the gorgeous, sticky umami tangle rotating in and out of my refrigerator.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Increase in the average weekly number of intermodal containers and trailers carried on U.S. railroads in August, to nearly 297,000, a new monthly high, according to the Association of American Railroads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Footage from the scene showed two shipping containers and several vehicles burning.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The helicopter went down between two commercial buildings in the 9100 block of Mason Avenue, smashing into a pair of truck cargo containers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
All the containers have been moved near the entrance ramp for a transfer to the surface that will not happen now.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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