portable
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A hard-boiled egg is something else entirely: firm, portable, reliable, tucked into lunchboxes or sliced over a salad.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Seven-year-old Chloe was among the first in the city to visit the portable dome structure in which a number of films about the universe are projected onto a huge cinema screen.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
In the age of drones and portable antiship missiles, retaking the Strait of Hormuz would be anything but simple, but not impossible, military experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Like Joseph, who let me borrow his portable air conditioner — and even installed it — when a heat wave hit Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
I stand, taking a deep breath as I pull the strap of my portable oxygen farther up on my thin shoulder.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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Vocabulary from history writings about the Triangle Factory Fire
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