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cannikins

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plural of cannikin

as in drums

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When the track properly kicks in, the guitar strums, drums, and vocals are all present and well-balanced, with no element outshining another.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
The teenage girl Yumi practices Ryukyu Buyo, while a man named Everton practices Eisa, an Okinawan folk dance involving drums.

— Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026

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Thanks in part to that retirement party, Sacramento library patrons can check out hundreds of different pans, muffin tins and cookie cutters from the Shari Nichelini Cake Pan Library.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Its counters are crowded with plants and flowers in various states of decay, stacks of plates, fruit and Venezuelan snacks like tins of Pirulin cookies, all styled like a Dutch still life.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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In his opening address, Al Jaber warned that nearly a billion barrels had been drawn from global oil inventories since the disruption of Hormuz, illustrating how quickly geopolitical instability can affect global energy supplies.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Metcalf told Fortune last month that even Saudi Arabia’s plan to send 10 million barrels of oil a day around Hormuz may barely move prices.

— Steven John, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

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During a recent cleanup around Western Avenue and 3rd Street, volunteers passed at least three overflowing cans with litter piled around them, said volunteer Tam Phan.

— Hanna Kang, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Now, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have cracked a major hurdle that plagued the technology for years, using a metal found in ordinary soda cans.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

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