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vial

[vahy-uhl, vahyl] / ˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl /
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So Reavie deputized a friend of a friend in D.C. to dip a vial into the green water and ship it to him overnight.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

He went out looking for another vial of antivenom - as did her uncle.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

The fragrance is contained in a small, portable vial, costing $3 to $4, according to a spokesperson.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

Shalom rubbed the liquid, stored in a small vial, into my scalp with his gloved fingertips.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

A dozen different pieces lie across the surface, and he holds up a sharp needle attached to a glass vial.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

He takes vials from his refrigerator of GHK-Cu, which he tells AFP will give him "beautiful skin", and Retatrutide, which will help him "feel less hungry".

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

At facilities in Clifton, N.J., a laboratory table that normally sits empty is stacked six vials high with hundreds of feces samples, and scientists and technicians are working overtime to manage the brown onslaught.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Ozempic and Wegovy had been first to market and sold via injector pens, but Lilly had just launched a cheaper way to distribute tirzepatide, its GLP-1 for weight loss branded as Zepbound — in vials.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Miten Patel remembers the day hospital staff in Ahmedabad drew two vials of his blood to help identify his parents.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

She begins to take items out from her tote bag: a large cloth for us to sit on, a box she says contains small vials of essential oils.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

When the demand for vaccines became an outcry, though, the agency found the money to pay for five million more doses to be vialed.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

But by the time the health agency ordered 500,000 doses worth to be vialed on June 10, other countries with outbreaks had submitted their own orders and the earliest delivery date was October.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

My vialed water samples are sitting in a tube rack.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Little pseudo-scorpions were very abundant, and I could have vialed hundreds.

From Jungle Peace by William Beebe

In fact, his ingenuous enthusiasm for this vialled virility seems for the moment to have swept him off his feet.

From Time Magazine Archive




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