tank
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Waste is collected in a tank that has to be emptied manually.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The company also said that co-founder and chairman of the board Reed Hastings would be stepping down—although history suggests the departure of an influential figure shouldn’t cause a tech stock to tank.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
You have to fill your tank and there goes $140?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Real-estate agents say that this will tank residential property values and shrink the city’s tax base.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The tank was hideous—brown-painted steel covered with syrupy slime.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing tank
World War I
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