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tube

[toob, tyoob] / tub, tjub /


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Each tube measured approximately 300 nanometers across and 150 nanometers tall.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Early reports suggested that she fell ill after breaking a test tube.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We’re all stuck in this tube going somewhere, and there’s no way out,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Russian news outlet People of Baikal reported on Friday that the laboratory technician, whom it named as 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, may have contracted plague from a broken test tube.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Above him was a bright green tube that looked like a midrib of a large leaf.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

An on-floor engineer remarked that they sell their scrap metal, and the price has skyrocketed—something they take as a sure indication that the economy is going down the tubes.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Every two weeks, researchers collected air samples through thin tubes installed beneath the ground and analyzed them in a laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The aim is to stand up the plant in Maryland by 2030 and build items such as torpedo tubes and eventually perhaps larger parts of the vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He removed a section of both fallopian tubes, tied the ends of the tubes, and sutured them shut.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This device comes in two forms, tubed and tubeless.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago within the Kingdom of Denmark, where there is also a strong affinity for meat served in tubed form.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

The opening of the tubed slide was small, and I thought I should lie down to avoid whacking my head.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2017

He was a tall Dane, holding a tubed black device that he called a smoking gun.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016

Storing "Tubed" Media.—Media after being tubed are best stored by packing, in the vertical position, in oblong boxes having an internal measurement of 37 cm. long by 12 cm. wide by 10 cm. deep.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

There is no feel, not through 7 feet of tubing.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

In one video, the workers unwind a line of black tubing, or conduit, from a spool the size of a small car, before feeding it into the ground.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Certain lots were found to have internal tubing tears, which risk under-delivering insulin to patients.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Corporate outings are up this season, Lacey says, partly because of non-ski offerings like nighttime disco tubing, which features laser lights, music and drinks around fire pits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

The only part that peeked out was the tubing.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio


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