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
"We need to look after those guys out there. Here we are in the middle of the summer, and they are like cats on a hot tin roof, dare I say it."
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
Another tin plate was slammed onto the shelf.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
As well as offering the few tins it had secured as a prize for its readers, it reported that thanks to “quiet diplomacy” between the magazine and AB Foods, negotiations are advancing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Across the city in a suburb of Beirut, kitchen shelves were stacked with sauces and tins crowded the walls as volunteers prepared green beans and fried rice balls.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Frustrated by traditional candle formats, he launched a line of portable candles packaged in small, tuna-like tins designed to make “home follow you wherever you go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
I’m not saying we shouldn’t enjoy snack tins.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The old man fitted the tins into his knapsack and fastened the straps.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Part of it has to do with the simultaneous leaps in quality, availability and marketing of certain shelf-stable standards: good tinned fish, squeeze-bottle olive oil, dried beans with their very own fan clubs.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Even tinned fish — one of my favorite budget-friendly pantry luxuries — delivers that distinctive briny quality without requiring a trip to a specialty seafood counter.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
"I reached a ruined house with a basement and decided to stay there. Luckily, there was lots of tinned food."
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
She has cultivated a down-to-earth image, posting photos on social media of her meal of tinned mackerel on rye bread and cleaning windows at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Reaching the greenbelt, they tinned back the way they’d come, neither of them speaking, concentrating instead on navigating through the trees.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
After the war in 1922, he bought the business of J. Lesher & Son and dealt in plumbing, heating, roof tinning, spouting and stoves.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
First will come hot and cold rolling mills and a tinning operation, which will cost a total of $89.8 million and have an annual capacity of 555,000 tons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through its encouragement of the tinning industry, it helped make tinned meat a part of the British diet; through its public lectures, it introduced the nation to such modern wonders as the Edison phonograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of its processes, from skinning to tinning, are now controlled by buttons, and new byproducts have led Armour in promising directions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shay put her hands in her pockets and spread her arms, tinning her dorm’s team jacket into a sail.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
