cardboard

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They are present in minute quantities in many products including non-stick cookware, cardboard food packaging, textiles, firefighting foam, paint and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In reality, my dad’s will was in a cardboard box next to the Christmas decorations.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Each year, guests at the Academy Awards are given a small cardboard box of snacks left beneath their seats to get them through the always lengthy ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

A cardboard box found in a collector's "ramshackle" collection of vintage films contained two episodes of Doctor Who that have not been viewed since airing in the 1960s.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Because there was no mayo, I ate my sandwich dry as cardboard as I stood over the kitchen sink and looked out the window at the darkening sky.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall