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tin

noun as in can

noun as in ore

noun as in package

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My culinary reward came at Veera Flavors, which offered the tastiest thali—a tin tray piled high with vegetable dishes, rice, yogurt and pickles—outside of Chennai.

It feels exactly how you want a neighborhood French spot to feel: tin ceilings, butter-yellow walls, a dark wooden bar lined with regulars, some contemporary art depicting people drinking, brooding, smoking.

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Howard Wolfenden is visiting the new hub to deposit cash from collection tins for the mitochondrial disease charity My Mito Mission.

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An order was months late because one of her usually reliable Japanese suppliers didn’t have enough of the specialized tins used to package the matcha.

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Many residents of densely-populated areas live in precarious conditions, treading through dust and living beneath tin shacks, a far cry from the lavish "Beverly Hills"-style villas of Cocody where ministers and football stars reside.

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