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cable

[key-buhl] / ˈkeɪ bəl /
NOUN
chain
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Although one newspaper reviewer described Mudcats as “brainless cable bottom-feeding,” the show opened up a new world for the rural teenager.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Imagine a stopped cable car sitting at the top of a steep hill in San Francisco.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

The film recounts French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s astonishing 1974 stunt, in which he and a small band of co-conspirators secretly rigged a cable between the towers, allowing Petit to walk high above lower Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

He joined the Journal in 2005 as an entertainment columnist in New York, and later covered the business of television, including large media and cable companies such as Viacom and Comcast.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

He pulled up a corner of wallpaper to reveal a hidden computer cable.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The findings suggest that axons are not merely fixed cables.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

Maria O’Callaghan pointed to a web of purple lines on her screen, indicating the locations of undersea cables carrying data crucial for internet services and banking transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Some are controlled by fibre-optic cables to prevent electronic jamming.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Black cables snake between many of the holes.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"Stick with us," cabled Morecambe, "and we will get you another one".

From BBC Jun. 15, 2023

Mr. Bondarev, part of the team working on arms control and disarmament at Russia’s Geneva mission, said he had seen misleading information cabled to Moscow in recent weeks.

From New York Times May 23, 2022

Finally, on Jan. 2, 1950, Mao cabled the communist leadership in Beijing:

From Salon Mar. 13, 2022

You cabled our two vehicles together and towed me to the Ace Hardware.

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2022

Different types, from heavy cabled wool to fine lace, but each is a deep, scarlet red that looks even redder against all of the black and white.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

There are demand-driven capacity crunches in everything from fiber-optic cabling to electric power to water for cooling chip factories to undeveloped land for data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

They also integrated the required electronics, cabling, structural supports, and measurement tools.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

Though ultimately the government could save Moerdijk, and opt for the alternative of squeezing the substations and their cabling around and in between the four villages.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2026

They said that AI can do the “opposite” of what automation does, and “generate demand for novel human expertise” like electrical installation or fiber-optic cabling.

From MarketWatch Mar. 12, 2026

The door was surrounded by things like cabling, hooks and the plates that linked the bare-bones machinery of the door hydraulics with the more aesthetic wall coverings of the large cargo room.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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