portable
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The group turned on a portable ring light while Osaka was serving, leading to a reprimand from the umpire.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A portable luggage scale allows the more serious athletes to keep track of their progress week after week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
After nabbing a plush hot dog and a red-and-white rabbit, Yokerathinam flashed his prizes into his phone’s camera, illuminated by the portable light he’d attached to a neighboring machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Harp has been dubbed the "human printer" -- thanks to her role carrying a portable machine to print out documents that Trump asks for.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“What’s all this,” asked Moran, “about a portable TV?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boomboxes of all sizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Attached to the memo were a list of properties available for lease and a list of city-owned properties where portables could be hosted, “if portables are identified as the solution.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
Nintendo’s done this with portables for years, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella explains: Back in the day, Nintendo portable revisions would stabilize the demand curve and firm up ASPs.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2021
How equipped are the portables to handle climate control?
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
Even though the buildings are called portables, I don’t think they ever get moved once they’re set down.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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