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container

[kuhn-tay-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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Whatever you do, never put a sharps container or loose needles in your recycling bin.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

We might think of space as an empty container in which things are located.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

Gorringe and his troublemakers have spent the last few months building a huge watertight container, which they will use to tow the obelisk to the harbor.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

"People need to be fully aware of what impact it can have if somebody vandalises a heating containers and tanks."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Hundreds of native plants thrive in containers smaller than the soil assembled atop the Lucas parking structure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Intermodal containers and trailers transported by railroads increased 12.6% from a year earlier in the week ended Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Cool promptly in shallow containers, label and refrigerate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was so nasty crawling around underneath that dumpster picking up tomatoes, ketchup packets,dipping-sauce containers, and half-eaten baked potatoes and chicken tenders, but it was so much fun.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner


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