container
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The bay area waters are somewhat closed off and relatively crowded with major container ships, ferries and public marinas, increasing the possibility of a whale - dead or alive - colliding with a vessel.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Gan Kim Yong, minister of trade for Singapore, home to the biggest container port in the world, on Thursday warned that the world’s supply chains have been disrupted.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“From the beginning, the conceit was to summon all the types of experiences of Blackness in one place, the project being a vessel or container for all of that expression,” Halsey says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The rest are listed as bulk carriers or container ships of various types.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
If only she had held the container tighter.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
Vocabulary lists containing container
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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