as in locker
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a chest containing almost every tool that the home do-it-yourselfer is likely to need
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Recent Examples of chest
An overwhelming sense of fear accompanied by physical symptoms such as chest pain, a pounding heart, or shaking are typical of panic attacks.
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Kathleen Daly, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Along with this pain came shortness of breath, chest pain, deep pain in my right shoulder blade, constipation, hip/groin pain, brain fog, and heavy fatigue.
—Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Officers saw Washington, stabbed in the chest, through a locked screen door lying on the floor.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
The unidentified driver reported that something flew through his windshield and struck him in the chest, according to Lyndsey Lantz with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Kathleen Daly, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Along with this pain came shortness of breath, chest pain, deep pain in my right shoulder blade, constipation, hip/groin pain, brain fog, and heavy fatigue.
—Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Officers saw Washington, stabbed in the chest, through a locked screen door lying on the floor.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
The unidentified driver reported that something flew through his windshield and struck him in the chest, according to Lyndsey Lantz with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chest
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Pronger made his way to the locker of Blues defenseman Colton Parayko on Saturday morning.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Ryne Stanek brought loaves of bread baked by his wife Jessica on Friday, leaving them in the lockers of some of his teammates.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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While visiting the Goodwill Outlet bins in Portland, Oregon, Nick Lafrenz, 29, was surprised to find a professional popcorn maker, the likes of which would be used in movie theaters or hospitality locations.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Jack Dennis Potter, 72, was arrested in 2021 in connection with the death of Laurie Diane Potter, 54, whose remains were found Oct. 5, 2003, in a trash bin on Hilton Head Court.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Somebody else felt proud of having taught fellow Redditors how to open a box filled with packing peanuts without making a mess.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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The oatmeal color looks about right and when Risa picks at it with her trowel, the surrounding black and gray debris falls away, revealing the rough outline of a box’s edge.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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Investigators found damaging evidence against her, including internet searches for chloroform and neck-breaking and traces of human decomposition in the trunk of her car.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
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This goes beyond removing lower branches to make mowing around the trunks easier.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chest. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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