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container

[kuhn-tey-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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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

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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