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Recent Examples of footlockerHis camp trunk, a traveling footlocker, now rests in the Smithsonian.—
Cynthia Greenlee,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2023 The tiny homes themselves come equipped with a bed, sleeping bag, pillows, a footlocker, towels, lighting, electronics charging station, and a heater.—oregonlive,
20 Nov. 2022 In the summer of 2011, Allen and her husband forced Ame Deal to get into a small footlocker in their garage that was not air conditioned during a sweltering July night.—
Miguel Torres,
The Arizona Republic,
28 July 2022 In 2002, he was found inside a footlocker that had been set on fire.—Fox News,
11 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for footlocker
Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.
In my dream, the woman with the shape of Kiju’s hand imprinted on her cheek was using a hatchet, slamming it into the trunk over and over again, her neatly coiffed hair loose and knotted.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2026
Here’s why A buck tears into a cedar tree trunk, leaving shavings of bark all around its already scarred base.
Elliss, now with the New Orleans Saints, spent three seasons in Atlanta with a locker next to Robinson’s, trying to see if there were any cracks in the running back’s foundation.
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Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2026
New Dolphins quarterback Brady Cook could sit at his locker in peace on Wednesday because reporters opted to swarm Kyle McCord instead.
Electrical equipment and crucial wiring was also found in disrepair, while a lockbox meant to hold keys for emergency first responders to easily access the facility was left empty.
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Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
10 Sep. 2026
Officers who handle inmates typically place their firearms in a lockbox, but would carry items such as pepper spray, a conductive energy weapon such as a Taser, a baton and handcuffs.
There’s a clear-glass bong and a grinder full of dank green bud on the table near the espresso machine, along with a carton of oat milk.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2026
Anderson noted that whole milk cartons cost two-and-a-half cents more per carton, which can add up when buying milk in bulk for thousands of students each day.
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Morgan Matzen,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
25 Aug. 2026
Upgrades have been made to all aircraft launch and recovery equipment, while the carrier's hull, including sea chests and freeboard, has been painted.
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Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2026
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.