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[kuhn-teyn] / kənˈteɪn /




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Zinzindohoué and his colleagues suspected that the site might instead contain a mesophotic coral ecosystem.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been taking extraordinary measures to contain yields, with little to show for it so far.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Some firefighters hiked down into the canyon to contain the flames, while others were focused on defending the homes along an adjacent ridgeline, Navarre said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Mushrooms contain a remarkable amount of water, and I want some of it gone before I start building the stew around them.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

I don’t care what they are about, only that they contain English.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

It contains provisions, external that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Those data led to the estimate that Mercury's surface contains about 37 percent silicon dioxide, substantially less than scientists had previously believed.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

The company should have a guidebook that contains a list of workplace situations in which there might be a need, or temptation, to use AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

This article contains spoilers from Season 2 of “The Paper.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The final page contains his own signature, a flourish of illegible C’s, carefully snipped from a piece of paper that might have been an invoice or a letter.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

It added it could not publish its report on small boats in full because it contained sensitive intelligence.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

As long as spreads remain relatively contained, the credit market is telling us companies can still access capital without investors demanding crisis-level compensation.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Many of the products contained some amount of heavy metals, but again in quantities that are so low that they’re barely detectable and certainly not a worry to human health.

From Slate Sep. 14, 2026

Each bead measured only about half a millimeter across and contained a carefully controlled amount of silicon dioxide.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

Each CDO contained pieces of a hundred different mortgage bonds—which in turn held thousands of different loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Watch the mushrooms more than the clock; a mix containing oyster mushrooms behaves differently than a pan full of white buttons.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

A pewter tankard, a wooden junction box and a faded box containing six Christmas cards were included in the haul.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Two months ago, epidemiological information collected by the CDC found that thousands of people had become ill after eating Taco Bell meals containing shredded iceberg lettuce between June 22 and July 20.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Investors have been split over whether the ECB will soon pause its tightening campaign, as the trade-offs between containing inflation and damping economic growth crystallize.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Along the corridor were several rooms, some filled with boxes, others containing strange items he couldn’t name, but sadly, none, as far as his nose could tell, had anything to do with food.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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