apparatus
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She would be returning to a country where much of the state, including the security apparatus, is hostile to her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“That was the most difficult thing to learn because, as a dancer, you have such a relationship to the floor and you have to dance with an apparatus that doesn’t quite move with you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Ochieng said the mutiny "demonstrates deep divisions and grievances within the security apparatus", in a country whose soldiers are "constantly in the line of fire, fighting militants".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
But the story is getting harder to control, as reports continue to reveal a military apparatus in severe financial and logistical distress.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Their conceptual apparatus is Aristotelian, and they seek to address a gap or anomaly in the Aristotelian scheme of knowledge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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"A total of 60 fire apparatuses arrived, just short, just shy of 200 men and women from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, to begin the actual search and rescue and firefighting," Jadallah said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Will people start wearing N95 masks indoors, or have breathing apparatuses hooked up to their chests like fighter pilots?
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Iran, Russia and North Korea have all built elaborate apparatuses to skirt financial blockades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Recently, both Amazon’s and Google’s TV apparatuses have cracked down on sideloading—the practice of downloading apps from third-party providers—by exclusively permitting downloads from their parent companies’ authorized app stores.
From Slate ● May 3, 2026
Gymnasts set up their apparatuses, but with the ship swaying, they kept getting bucked off.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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