pack them in
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Plug-in hair straighteners and curling irons don’t have any flight restrictions so you’re free to pack them in your carry-on or check-in luggage.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025
The risks feel pretty real for me right now though, so I think overall it's probably better for me to just pack them in.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
Birds and bigger fish eat them, fisheries scoop them out of the ocean with giant nets and pack them in cans or even, in some cases, just grind them up.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024
You can cook them in the morning and pack them in a container designed to keep them warm, or perhaps it’s possible to reheat the food on site.
From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2023
I poled my skiff from float to float, fishing out the soft crabs and taking them to the crab house to pack them in boxes filled with eelgrass for shipping.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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