capsule
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"The shipwreck is a time capsule at the bottom of the sea," said Prof Hakan Öniz, from Akdeniz University in Turkey, who led the Mediterranean Archaeology Association expedition.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
After a more than 27-hour return journey, the Dragon capsule carrying Crew-12 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean, according to space agency NASA's live broadcast.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The house itself serves as a time capsule of Old Hollywood glitz and glamour, with sprawling gardens and terraced lawns perched on 8.4 acres overlooking the Bel-Air Country Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The collected samples are expected to return to Earth by mid 2031 inside a capsule designed to survive re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Hovering over the map was a little cutout of a Mercury capsule, suspended on a wire.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
She explained that time capsules were popular in the 1980s because of the influence of Blue Peter, and recalled writing the letter after her dad found a cavity behind the stairs.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Enviva pioneered the business of pressing sawdust into cylindrical capsules and shipping boatloads of them to overseas power plants looking to burn an alternative to coal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This exceptionally hard form of carbon is used to make the tiny capsules that hold fuel in inertial confinement fusion experiments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Makers of corks, capsules and bottles have been hit because overall U.S. wine volume has continued to decline, McMillan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In addition I had my medicines and a month’s supply of the pigmentation capsules.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
The contrast capsuled the revolution in the mode of protest in the U.S. that has taken place in the '60s.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reasons why are neatly capsuled in Shirley's cinefantasy with Mitchum, described as "one of those Hollywood movies all about love and what'11-she-wear-next?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Motor Chassis Manufacturer" and builds no bodies whatever, seemed the philosophy of U. S. automotive engineers as capsuled by President Stout: "The car must look right above all things.
From Time Magazine Archive
The professional verdict on Belli's conduct of the defense was neatly capsuled in a Texas lawyer's quip: "They found Melvin Belli guilty and gave Jack Ruby the chair."
From Time Magazine Archive
The author thinks he has capsuled his philosophy in that sentence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Freedom," he said, capsuling his own political philosophy, "has been defined as the opportunity for selfdiscipline.
From Time Magazine Archive
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