container
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A container ship in the Suez Canal ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days, delaying the delivery of billions of dollars of goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
That’s right: Oprah Winfrey persuaded her followers to buy a cylindrical glass container holding paper and air, for $45.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Meanwhile, the spot price of sending a shipping container from Shanghai to Los Angeles hit a recent high of $8,102 for the week of Sept. 18, according to the Freightos Baltic Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Once the writing was finished, Seiler, an affiliate of Berkeley SETI, rolled up the papyrus, sealed it inside a container, placed it in a high-temperature furnace, and burned it until it was thoroughly carbonized.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Bess plucked a cookie out of the container and bit into it.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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In Bang Kapi locals used ice-boxes and other floating plastic containers to cart supplies from nearby markets and supermarkets, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Port of Los Angeles handled 2.9 million containers from June through August, a record for any three-month stretch at the port.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The La Verne blaze began shortly before noon Tuesday inside one of four 250-kilowatt-battery containers at the Metropolitan Water District’s facility on Wheeler Avenue, according to the La Verne Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
For years I’ve had deli containers of the gorgeous, sticky umami tangle rotating in and out of my refrigerator.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Lily is sorting through the bottles and sticks and containers that she’s spread out all over my bed, her hair tucked neatly behind her ears.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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