metal
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A fire has broken out on a ship carrying 1,000 tonnes of scrap metal.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Halfway up a 40-metre-high metal tower, the head of the refinery's technical division, Elise Thomazo, stops to explain the workings of the facility over the continuous hum of the machinery.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
According to other attendees, including Times journalists, event staff were checking tickets, though not very thoroughly, at multiple points prior to escalators that descended to the metal detectors where Allen allegedly dashed past armed security.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
The disks sit in a jumble of gleaming metal equipment; Ms. Fox, in a pale-blue hazmat suit and surgical mask, peers in at them through a window.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
It was a jagged piece of metal, ten inches long.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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