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Recent Examples of canister
Food vendors sizzled meats at vendor stalls and kept juices in massive, unlabeled canisters under the gritty subway underpass – devoid of any labels or apparent sanitation or health and safety standards.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Disbursement non-lethal shots, flash bangs, and gas canisters were heard being fired over the crowd by the cops.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Deputies responded with pepper spray canisters and ordered them to disperse.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
After Ana Gallego’s son shot her in the leg outside her ranch-style home in Altadena, law enforcement plowed through three walls with two small tanks and threw tear gas canisters in every window in the hopes of flushing out the suspect.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Disbursement non-lethal shots, flash bangs, and gas canisters were heard being fired over the crowd by the cops.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Deputies responded with pepper spray canisters and ordered them to disperse.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
After Ana Gallego’s son shot her in the leg outside her ranch-style home in Altadena, law enforcement plowed through three walls with two small tanks and threw tear gas canisters in every window in the hopes of flushing out the suspect.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canister
Noun
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Go for the classics like hotdogs and burgers, or try less-traditional options like cooking baked potatoes in tin foil or making a big batch of taco meat over the fire and serving up nachos or tacos.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 July 2025
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Tea Lemon ginger tea, peppermint tea and hibiscus tea all sell for $12 for a tin of 12 bags, or $1 per bag.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
Noun
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As for the projection figures, the OPEC report forecast that oil demand will average 105 million barrels per day this year.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Instead, use one or more rain barrels in the yard to catch and collect rain.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 July 2025
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Ice buckets usually get a quick rinse and wipe-down before they're set out for the next guest.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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With buckets, bottles, trash cans and other kinds of containers, residents wait in the street for a water tanker to arrive.—
Ana María Cañizares,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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