the tube
Example Sentences
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Maybe the tube just irritated something, I thought.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Reducing the oxygen in the tube furnace limits how many oxygen atoms are available, allowing the desired rock salt structure to form.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it’s very hard to get it back in,” Trennert wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
When the tube below it is loaded with pieces of wood, it first exposes them to a vacuum, to open up the wood's pores, says Mr McCann.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
The trooper handed it to him, and he turned the tube over in his hands.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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