portable
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For the remote operation control of the dozer, Caterpillar and WM built a Wi-Fi network at the landfill with portable towers that connect the dozer to the command trailer with the operator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
She has been called the “human printer” because she follows Trump with a portable printer to provide Trump with hard copies of flattering news coverage or information the computer-averse president requires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Other items in the auction were Gandhi's notes on God and the Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita, his portable spinning wheel and two letters about the spiritual discipline of spinning.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
These kids had fancy snacks, posters and portable speakers, while my kid was in a gray cell block staring at four concrete walls like she was about to do hard time for grand larceny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
That’s what he was doing now, as he listened to his Red Hot Chili Peppers CD on his portable stereo.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
Aya Neo is a relatively young company that formed in 2020, but it’s already put out a few well-regarded portables, and the Next is its first big redesign.
From The Verge ● Mar. 18, 2022
Like Northshore, the Lake Washington district — which has grown by 31% since 2008 — also wants to build classrooms and reduce its use of portables.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
“School! Cahokia funded some portables in the old schoolyard. It’s only two days a week so far, the rest is online.”
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2020
The field of portables, of course, has been certified as a disaster area.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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