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canister

[kan-uh-ster] / ˈkæn ə stər /






NOUN
pail
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At one training company visited by AFP, humans holding what looked like PlayStation controllers repeated a single task -- folding clothes, moving blocks, spraying a canister -- as humanoid partners mirrored their actions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

An empty steel canister sat on a cleared drill pad, waiting to go down a second hole this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Family members say police officers suggested he may have been killed by a tear-gas canister rather than a bullet.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

“John cleared a tear gas canister away from everyone,” Johnson said, pushing back on the government’s account and adding that tear gas had been deployed indiscriminately by law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

“He’s scrubbing the hallway. And from the looks of the tin canister next to him, I think he’s fixing to do some waxing.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Last week, Peterborough Litter Wombles collected 82 canisters in a single day, one of the group's largest hauls to date.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Prosecutors say Diaz was seen leaving and returning to the warehouse with two gas canisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Mazaar's small motorbike is so laden with plastic canisters filled with petrol that there's barely room for him to sit.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The canisters will be lowered into holes drilled in the tunnels, before the holes are filled with bentonite clay to seal them, Parviainen explained.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Helping them put up my shelter, I anchored it to some discarded oxygen canisters wedged beneath the largest rocks I could lift, then dove inside to wait for my teammates and warm my icy hands.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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