silo

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This tension, he said, was compounded by subsequent U.S. intelligence reports alleging that widespread corruption had rendered some of these missiles nonfunctional—including claims of defective silo lids.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Vocational programs were long seen as places to silo academic underperformers into blue-collar work, administrators note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Humor is derived from individual perception, and it’s hard to see much of the world stuck in the blinding blue light of a digital silo.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025

The silo in “Silo” was designed in Season 1 by then-production designer Gavin Bocquet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

When it reaches a structure that resembles a silo, it pushes a lever, and the top pops up.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner