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[kuhn-tayn] / kənˈteɪn /




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The new outbreak of violence came as Prince Mohammed was working to contain the confrontation with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Internally, OpenAI executives said they found it difficult to contain the model’s potential harms, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

But it added that it is important any new NHS records, if created, contain sufficient information to allow for a continuity of care.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, a specialized compartment that houses most of their genetic material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

I wanted to know more about their work, but I was outnumbered, and they couldn’t contain their curiosity.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

In fusion reactors, this extremely hot material contains the atomic nuclei that researchers hope to combine, releasing energy through nuclear fusion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Warning: The following story contains graphic images of personal watercraft—PWCs, also known as jet skis—doing jet-ski things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

This paper review contains spoilers from the third episode of The Celebrity Traitors, series two.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Waste stored since the communist era or produced by current factories contains chromium, nickel and zinc," Mehmeti said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The sleek wooden box contains the cell phone I’ve wanted practically my whole life.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Before his incarceration, Magaña managed to keep his mental health struggles mostly contained with medication for years, Alejandra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Her order contained hazelnut residue because the blender had not been washed after a Kinder Bueno milkshake was made in it beforehand, an inquest concluded on Thursday.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Last month, five men were detained in the woods near RAF Fairford, after driving up from London in vans that contained barrels of fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Webull disputed a congressional committee’s findings about its ties to China, saying the report contained inaccuracies and unsupported conclusions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It contained all of Sadako’s favorite foods—an egg roll, chicken and rice, pickled plums, and bean cakes.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

Books that belonged to the Globe's founder, the American actor and director Sam Wanamaker, will be on display, some containing his handwritten notes.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In an idealized plasma containing only pure fusion fuel, the Cordey saddle occurs at approximately Q = 5.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Last month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned fires were burning in habitats containing 52 percent of Borneo's orangutan population.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Saudi-led coalition separately said Tuesday that it destroyed a ballistic-missile launch platform in Sana’a and a storage facility at a mountainous site in Saada containing 20 ballistic missiles, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

On their way to get the powdered milk by the baking supplies, they passed a stand containing packets of seeds.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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