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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
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
As crews successfully stabilized the initial container, an adjacent 250-kilowatt container then started to overheat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Wooden container huts meant for thousands of athletes have become the subject of heated criticism ahead of the opening of Japan's Asian Games on Saturday.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
On the third bus, a man boarded with an open cardboard container of, judging by the aroma, Chinese food.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
WSJ: Jebel Ali handled about 15 million containers a year before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
This isn’t about optimizing every meal, spending three hours prepping identical containers or constructing the sort of Sunday routine that makes you feel behind when you inevitably skip it.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 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
The containers, which will be housing around 2,000 of the guests and are designed to be reused as disaster evacuation facilities, have been beset by complaints.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Baba carries big foil containers full of samples of Mama’s most popular dishes.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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