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The encounter spirals further as Ye questions whether Myers’ last name is Jewish, the elevator appears to get stuck, and the hip-hop star takes a hit from a canister of nitrous oxide.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 May 2025
Manhattan Village Administrator Jeff Wold said officers were concerned seeing nitrous oxide cartridges or canisters in cars during traffic stops, including teenaged drivers.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Add the grapefruit and sugar to the canister of a blender.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
It was later determined that fireworks and gas canisters ignited the blaze.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 May 2025
Manhattan Village Administrator Jeff Wold said officers were concerned seeing nitrous oxide cartridges or canisters in cars during traffic stops, including teenaged drivers.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Add the grapefruit and sugar to the canister of a blender.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
It was later determined that fireworks and gas canisters ignited the blaze.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canister
Noun
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The Can Manufacturers Institute, a trade group for the industry, said domestic can makers import almost 80% of tin mill steel due to the cut in domestic production of that type of steel.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Every phone screen has a super-thin layer of a material called indium tin oxide.—
Terence Musho,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
Noun
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This 15% alcohol wine ages 12 months in large wooden barrels and seven months in bottles.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Like Balcones, the whiskey was aged in two different locations: half in Bardstown, half back in Blanco, all of it in full-size 53-gallon barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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At Deep Spring Farm in Alachua, Florida, visitors can fill their buckets with organic blueberries before settling in for a picnic beneath the shade of a giant live oak.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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Different fragments of the bucket were uncovered in past excavations, but this latest discovery gave researchers more to study.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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