container
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Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Maritime Trade Operations separately issued warnings Wednesday about two container ships struck by unidentified projectiles while traveling across the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
These businesses can book a cargo container, sea passage to an overseas destination, arrange insurance cover, and secure finance.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Camera and audio data is processed in a secure container on the processor, so neither Apple nor apps can access it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
I lean down to find a container of leftover bofrot balls.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
In other photos, dozens of containers and their contents could be seen floating in the water.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“We open the containers, verify and see what merchandise has been switched out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Makeshift barriers formed from shipping containers and razor wire to block traffic to Peshawar's administrative zone remained in place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The port’s record September — totalling 1,042,652 containers — also represents the most volume ever moved through any port in the Western Hemisphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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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