canister
Example Sentences
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One indelible image of Metro Surge was of Bovino, emerging from an SUV into a wintry melee, like a general stepping onto a battlefield, and launching a canister that released green smoke at protesters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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
Border Patrol identified him as the suspect who had previously thrown the tear gas canister and attempted to detain him.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
The younger officer held a canister of pepper spray in his right hand, and it seemed as if all eyes in the group were fixed on it.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
I remembered the canister full of combs in the barbershop.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
