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Many stone and copper items, including the vial, were subsequently recovered by Iranian security forces.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Spokesperson Lindsey Dickinson said Exact Sciences was working with the shipping company to identify how the vial ended up in Anna Marie’s Shein shipment.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
The hope has been that Guardant would be able to achieve an elusive goal in colorectal cancer screening: catch incipient or early colorectal cancer using nothing more than two vials of blood.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 13 Mar. 2024
Get a travel version of your favorite scent Find a smaller vial of your go-to scent, or a refillable pump that the brand might sell.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
There was no blood vial or can of beans at that time, according to Shein.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
The pens include a glass vial in a plastic frame, and are not designed to be disassembled into parts for the purpose of recycling.
—Ted Alcorn, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Schwartz took two vials of blood from the man at Regions Hospital for testing.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2024
Players will have to charge up the blade and the five vials available in Sword Mode and then unleash the power in the Axe Form along with the Super Amped Element Discharge.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Spokesperson Lindsey Dickinson said Exact Sciences was working with the shipping company to identify how the vial ended up in Anna Marie’s Shein shipment.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
The hope has been that Guardant would be able to achieve an elusive goal in colorectal cancer screening: catch incipient or early colorectal cancer using nothing more than two vials of blood.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 13 Mar. 2024
Get a travel version of your favorite scent Find a smaller vial of your go-to scent, or a refillable pump that the brand might sell.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
There was no blood vial or can of beans at that time, according to Shein.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
The pens include a glass vial in a plastic frame, and are not designed to be disassembled into parts for the purpose of recycling.
—Ted Alcorn, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Schwartz took two vials of blood from the man at Regions Hospital for testing.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2024
Players will have to charge up the blade and the five vials available in Sword Mode and then unleash the power in the Axe Form along with the Super Amped Element Discharge.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
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Kids Definition
vial
noun
vi·al
ˈvī(-ə)l 
: a small container (as for medicines) made usually of glass or plastic
Medical Definition
vial
noun
vi·al
ˈvī(-ə)l
: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
called also phial
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