portable
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Residents first spotted the fire approaching their village in Bangka Belitung province on Saturday and tried to put it out themselves with portable water pumps.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Small, portable, multipurpose designs, from inflatables to cardboard furniture offered a life with fewer possessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"The fire started accidentally resulting from a mechanical or connection-related failure of a portable gas heater and gas bottle resulting in an uncontrolled gas release."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"In the paradigm we propose, portable ultrasound devices usable by any healthcare professional will become the standard tool for atherosclerosis screening from the early stages of adult life," Dr. Ibáñez said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The book was next to his portable stereo, still in the bag.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
“We had portables, we had really crowded classes, at one point a classroom was on a stage.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Valve could build a Half-Life exclusive to portables like this, if not exclusive to the Steam Deck itself.
From The Verge ● Jul. 18, 2021
The whole school will be in portables until the renovations are completed.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
But then they both turn the corner of one of the portables and join me under the magnolia tree like regular.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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