canister

Example Sentences

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It was rescued and saved by Rick Flagan, a professor of chemical engineering and environmental science, who found it in a tin film canister in a Caltech closet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Third warning. Gas, gas, gas,” Bovino says, then tossing the canister and pushing people away from the intersection.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

In the confrontation that followed, one of the agents tossed a tear-gas canister, which an employee kicked under their vehicle, enveloping it with noxious fumes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Images released by Taiwan's Central News Agency show a canister on the ground at the Main Station, with officers examining potential evidence at the scene.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

Because of my current work, the first thing I looked at was the bone-tar canister.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss