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Recent Examples of canisters
For example, a lawsuit currently alleges that canisters of Galaxy Gas were sold in smoke shops, promoting their use for inhalation rather than cooking.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
This set of four canisters and lids stacks easily, and each one is ideal for storing everything from pantry staples like flour and rice to candy, cookies and more.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Unlike standard child-resistant lids, bags, and canisters made of plastic, it’s made of sustainable materials.
—Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Despite Saturday’s campfire ban, people in Great Smoky Mountains National Park picnic areas can still used cook stoves with compressed gas canisters and gas grills that feature an on/off switch, according to a park news release.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
An additional 63 canisters of waste rest horizontally nearby, including 13 filled with material from the dismantlement project.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
When the musician was found dead in his home in November 2024, he was discovered next to three large canisters of nitrous oxide, according to an autopsy report obtained by TMZ.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Three large canisters of nitrous oxide were found next to the body of former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar in November, and he had been gnawed on by his dogs, a Tennessee coroner said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Among them are grenades and canisters labeled CS gas — a chemical weapon banned for use in warfare by the Geneva Convention.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
This set of four canisters and lids stacks easily, and each one is ideal for storing everything from pantry staples like flour and rice to candy, cookies and more.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Unlike standard child-resistant lids, bags, and canisters made of plastic, it’s made of sustainable materials.
—Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Despite Saturday’s campfire ban, people in Great Smoky Mountains National Park picnic areas can still used cook stoves with compressed gas canisters and gas grills that feature an on/off switch, according to a park news release.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
An additional 63 canisters of waste rest horizontally nearby, including 13 filled with material from the dismantlement project.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
When the musician was found dead in his home in November 2024, he was discovered next to three large canisters of nitrous oxide, according to an autopsy report obtained by TMZ.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Three large canisters of nitrous oxide were found next to the body of former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar in November, and he had been gnawed on by his dogs, a Tennessee coroner said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Among them are grenades and canisters labeled CS gas — a chemical weapon banned for use in warfare by the Geneva Convention.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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