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vial

[vahy-uhl, vahyl] / ˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl /
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So Reavie deputized a friend of a friend in D.C. to dip a vial into the green water and ship it to him overnight.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

In four of these cases we saw medicine from the same vial given to a different child.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

Soon-Shiong also referred to Anktiva as a “single jab,” later adding that it was a “little vial that you inject subcutaneously.”

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

Security Council, where he held up a small vial of white powder to illustrate the alleged danger of Saddam Hussein’s biological weapons.

From Salon Mar. 7, 2026

Mal turned the vial over in her hands.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

This can include damage in transport, passing the expiration date, and unused doses from multi-dose vials, but a major factor are failures in the cold chain.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

CLIFTON, N.J.—On a laboratory table that normally sits empty, hundreds of feces samples are arranged in stacks six vials high.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Ozempic and Wegovy had been first to market and sold via injector pens, but Lilly had just launched a cheaper way to distribute tirzepatide, its GLP-1 for weight loss branded as Zepbound — in vials.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

On average, a bitten patient could need between 15 and 20 vials of antivenom treatment.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Sophia skips over to a cart of tiered vials.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

But by the time the health agency ordered 500,000 doses worth to be vialed on June 10, other countries with outbreaks had submitted their own orders and the earliest delivery date was October.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

When the demand for vaccines became an outcry, though, the agency found the money to pay for five million more doses to be vialed.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

My vialed water samples are sitting in a tube rack.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Little pseudo-scorpions were very abundant, and I could have vialed hundreds.

From Jungle Peace by William Beebe

In fact, his ingenuous enthusiasm for this vialled virility seems for the moment to have swept him off his feet.

From Time Magazine Archive




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