cylinder
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“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
This rocking chair is equal parts dramatic and functional, featuring a stacked cylinder back, rocker frame and arm rests in a black glossy finish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
"I have not been able to get a gas cylinder for nearly four weeks," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
People have been queuing up across the country outside gas cylinder agencies.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Under the stout, gray cylinder of the water tower on its commanding hill, the sandbar curved out into the sea.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Vocabulary lists containing cylinder
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