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On another occasion, Pillinger loaded a Beagle 2 replica into a supermarket trolley and wheeled it around The Open University's car park, demonstrating its compact size to cameras.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Snow is like glacier food - and under stable conditions some of it would eventually compact into ice.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Much of the initial outrage was fueled by the misconception that Uber planned to send its regular drivers, who often drive compact, two-wheel-drive sedans, into the park, instead of licensed guides with proper 4x4s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Its setup evolved from more than 100 bands across 28 porchesto a more compact, walkable format in 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Mini rummaged in her backpack and pulled out a small purple compact.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

“We would all benefit together by figuring out the community compacts required to enable sustainable development across the country,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Multiple states have gone to court to argue prediction markets are nothing more than unlicensed gambling sites that operate in violation of state law and tribal compacts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

“The social compacts that the people have sown in them are very ingrained.”

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

For years, American drivers have been gravitating toward sport utility vehicles and away from sedans, compacts and hatchbacks.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

I did not understand the nonimportation compacts which my countrymen in their anger had raised against English products.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

In such conditions, heavier showers can lead to flash flooding due to the ground being very hard and compacted, making it more water repellent and increasing run off.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Even the design of farm machinery was considered — and tractors were fitted with wider tires to ensure that soil was less compacted when driven over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Firn is partially compacted granular snow found near the upper portions of glaciers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

And the tracks of Lord Asriel’s sledge ran to the brink...and on, across a bridge of compacted snow.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

“We need to stop the overdraft of compacting aquifers,” Knight and Lees wrote, suggesting that efforts be strategically “targeted to the deeper parts of the aquifer system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

And because the ice is stable, the thick annual layers can accumulate for centuries, compacting into ice.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024

However, there are also many disadvantages of compacting your lifestyle into a space not much bigger than a motel room.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

Deep in Antarctica’s frigid interior, fluffy, air-filled snow accumulates layer by layer, compacting into slabs of ice over millennia.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2023

After picking for two long hours, Roberto helped Mama make more room in her sack by lifting it upright and shaking it several times up and down, compacting the cotton to the bottom.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez