clock

Example Sentences

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No chemicals are currently leaking, officials have repeatedly said, and authorities have been working around the clock to ensure that it stays that way.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

"I love this job, I fell in love with it the first time I came up here," she declares above the din of excavators working round the clock.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

“But I’m curious why he hasn’t done that a week ago, because the clock is ticking.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

With early voting beginning in some states even sooner, the clock is ticking.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

The slender hands of the clock on the stair wall pointed to 9:25 as we left the dining room that night.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom