container
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Seventeen hours later they were rescued by a container ship.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A container ship in the Suez Canal ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days, delaying the delivery of billions of dollars of goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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
Meanwhile, the spot price of sending a shipping container from Shanghai to Los Angeles hit a recent high of $8,102 for the week of Sept. 18, according to the Freightos Baltic Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
So you have a bunch of regularly-spaced waves that are trapped, bouncing back and forth in a container that fits their wavelength perfectly.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Authorities in Islamabad have stacked up shipping containers to block key access routes to the capital city.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
New tariffs for FY27 suggest unit pricing gains of 9% for containers and 5% for bulk cargo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Parnia had been stranded there since July when it returned from China stacked with containers, according to ship-tracking data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
Then, just before they leave, Heather hands me two little Tupperware containers of slime—one orange and one shiny silver.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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