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portable

[pawr-tuh-buhl, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tə bəl, ˈpoʊr- /


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While by no means the first portable digital music player when it was released in 2001, the iPod is one of "Apple's most iconic products" argued Craig Pickerell of The Apple Geek.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Her spend: about $1,300 for full sets of albums, posters, T-shirts, hoodies and a portable table emblazoned with the BTS logo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

If you really want to level up your potluck game, take a cue from tailgate culture: a small portable crockpot is a marvel.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 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

Instead, Edmond Locard asked all Lyon organ-grinders—street performers who played a sort of portable organ—to report to the police station.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day