container
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But recently, stacks of Gulf-bound cargo have filled the previously empty container yard, diverted to Kenya by disruptions the Iran war has created in the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
That’s right: Oprah Winfrey persuaded her followers to buy a cylindrical glass container holding paper and air, for $45.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Seiler placed them in a semi-sealed steel container with very little oxygen and heated them in a high-temperature furnace in his home laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
As crews successfully stabilized the initial container, an adjacent 250-kilowatt container then started to overheat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
And then I spotted the little plastic container of dental floss—cinnamon, no less.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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In Bang Kapi locals used ice-boxes and other floating plastic containers to cart supplies from nearby markets and supermarkets, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
New large-scale facilities typically use more stable lithium-iron-phosphate batteries that are stored in outdoor containers configured to limit the spread of a potential fire, according to the California Energy Commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
Streets in Islamabad are already lined with shipping containers, ready to safeguard the city's government buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Nancy knew it was them from their picture on the ice-cream containers.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
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