portable
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When he offered to bring a portable brewery and brew on festival grounds, the city refused, saying too many other producers would want to do the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The group turned on a portable ring light while Osaka was serving, leading to a reprimand from the umpire.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A portable luggage scale allows the more serious athletes to keep track of their progress week after week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Harp has been dubbed the "human printer" -- thanks to her role carrying a portable machine to print out documents that Trump asks for.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Their backpacks and the bowls went on a faded portable table and were slid across so the guards on the other side could have them ready in case of a possible search.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boomboxes of all sizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Aya Neo is a relatively young company that formed in 2020, but it’s already put out a few well-regarded portables, and the Next is its first big redesign.
From The Verge ● Mar. 18, 2022
Like Northshore, the Lake Washington district — which has grown by 31% since 2008 — also wants to build classrooms and reduce its use of portables.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
The whole school will be in portables until the renovations are completed.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
Far off, she can see the Hutterites’ long barns, and rows of apartments that look like portables.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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