engine
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No fuel resulted in engine shutdown, causing a loss of power and lift.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
On a recent afternoon, the scream of a naturally aspirated, 500-horsepower six-cylinder engine echoed across the Mojave Desert.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Part of what he was experiencing, which he knows a great deal more about now, was feeling “the secrets that were the engine propelling my family.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
All of this matters because consumer spending is still the main engine driving the U.S. economy.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
In just a few years it had somehow become the most powerful engine of profits and employment on Wall Street—and it made no economic sense.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing engine
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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