tin

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The team found that the tin telluride film is compressed by the underlying substrate, creating strain that is essential for stabilizing the material's topological state.

From Science Daily • Jul. 11, 2026

Ben Harrison, founder of a Gloucestershire solar panel installation firm, said his crews are "like cats on a hot tin roof".

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

A staffer for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered a Kennedy aide a tobacco pouch from a custom gold tin at a dinner in Washington this spring.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The unspoken truth about the whole snack tin craze is that it’s restriction disguised as mindful eating.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Leah later told a story in which the public hated Burr so much that he was pelted with “bricks, broken eggs, sticks, and tin pans” outside the courthouse.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock