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box

[boks] / bɒks /


VERB
place in square or rectangular container
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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During the past two years, box owners have been in a dispute with stadium administrators over their rights to their seats during the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet the main virtues of the sculpture are its forms themselves: the folds, bulges and edges, and the work’s color—off-off-white for the vessel-like part and simple box base with a bulging layer between them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

With movies like “Obsession” and “Backrooms” already dominating the early-summer box office, the industry is rethinking its iron-grip commitment to regurgitating the same films audiences have seen 100 times before, in slightly different ways.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Playing in a deeper role instead of the box crasher he has become, he came in for special treatment.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

When we came in, Noorvik was opening a box with a pry bar.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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