canister
Example Sentences
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One indelible image of Metro Surge was of Bovino, emerging from an SUV into a wintry melee, like a general stepping onto a battlefield, and launching a canister that released green smoke at protesters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
“Third warning. Gas, gas, gas,” Bovino says, then tossing the canister and pushing people away from the intersection.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026
Images released by Taiwan's Central News Agency show a canister on the ground at the Main Station, with officers examining potential evidence at the scene.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
At that point, agents deployed some type of smoke canister and chased him down, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
So I grabbed an 02 canister and breather mask from the medical bay.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
