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

Bristol-based start-up NPK Recovery collects urine from portable toilets during festivals and events, transforming it into fertiliser to help grass grow back on the fields afterwards.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But Apple’s team, Mr. Pogue writes, knew that “a hard drive the size of an Oreo” would be the perfect platform for a portable music player, and they negotiated exclusive access to the drive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

A second contractor received the exclusive right to rent Kodaks to fair visitors, the Kodak being a new kind of portable camera that eliminated the need for lens and shutter adjustments.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson