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
Minus 273 degrees Celsius in the cylinder at the bottom.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
While domestic cooking gas prices were raised by a modest 7% in early March, the analyst expects OMC losses to have widened to 400 rupees per cylinder following April increases in Saudi oil product prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
It was a small metal cylinder, silver and black in color, with a red activation button on its side.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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The broader point is that a healthy stock market is one that’s firing on all cylinders — and this is not the case right now.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
He only remembers fragments now: the explosion, heat, gas cylinders strewn across the kitchen and his desperate search from room to room, calling his wife's name: "Sarla, Sarla."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
“The business is firing on all cylinders and the mood internally is incredibly positive,” the company said in response to the Journal’s article Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The show was firing on all cylinders, and watching live every Saturday night with both my family and the anonymous crowd of people I knew online was an experience unlike any other.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
“Ifeoma mentioned that gas cylinders were scarce in Nsukka.”
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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