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automobile

[aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-moh-beel, -buhl] / ˌɔ tə məˈbil, ˈɔ tə məˌbil, ˌɔ təˈmoʊ bil, -bəl /


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Gasoline prices are up 54%, and automobile insurance and maintenance combined are up about 50%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

She then told a story about driving a carload of children to school one day in an automobile limping along because a tire had been slashed by union opponents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In 2025, the automobile employers' organisation Naamsa said 86,000 jobs were directly tied to the accord at car manufacturers, a number that increases to 125,000 when including their sub-contractors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

"I've called for that too. I've said let's not send out the diesel. We make a lot of diesel. That could have a little bit of an effect on regular automobile gasoline," he said .

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Several decades later, borrowing from this technology, Henry Ford credited the meatpackers for the idea that led to the invention of the automobile assembly line.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Foreman and his wife, Mary Joan Martelly, designed the Huffman residence to accommodate their growing family and his expanding collection of automobiles.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

On 8,000 acres in Michigan, Ford’s researchers planted 300 soybean varieties and searched for ways to incorporate the harvest into automobiles.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

One of these automobiles could come cruising into her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Founded in the 19th century by Jewish brothers Loeb and Moses Simson in Suhl, Thuringia, it grew into a thriving industrial firm that made firearms but also bicycles and luxury automobiles.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

As he turned, it seemed that everything in the freight yard—horses, wagons, automobiles, railroad cars—was coming right at him on a wave of molasses.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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