portable
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While by no means the first portable digital music player when it was released in 2001, the iPod is one of "Apple's most iconic products" argued Craig Pickerell of The Apple Geek.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
A hard-boiled egg is something else entirely: firm, portable, reliable, tucked into lunchboxes or sliced over a salad.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Like Joseph, who let me borrow his portable air conditioner — and even installed it — when a heat wave hit Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
But Apple’s team, Mr. Pogue writes, knew that “a hard drive the size of an Oreo” would be the perfect platform for a portable music player, and they negotiated exclusive access to the drive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
She uses the last of the oats to make oatmeal on the hot plate, which, she explains, is kind of like a portable stove.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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