packing

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The back rooms of the La Brea Tar Pits are, at the moment, a maze of packing crates tagged with handwritten sticky notes that say things like “bison skulls” or “camel hip.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It said huge crowds packing the streets of Paris for the Arsenal-Paris Saint-Germain Champions League football final, as well as the French Open tennis and major concerts should be wary of weather alerts.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

"Farmers are voting, they are packing it in," he said.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Meanwhile, hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles have badly damaged Kuwait’s oil infrastructure, hurt U.S. military bases and sent American diplomats and thousands of troops stationed in the country packing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

We shall study geometry by calculating the volume of our suitcases and organizing our packing accordingly.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood