clockwork
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"They said they'd trained for this for 11 years... and they said, 'we never thought we'd have to do it, to practice it'. But it was like clockwork."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
In the vague clockwork of industry deservedness, the odds have always favored Paul Thomas Anderson.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
What’s more, regular payroll deductions pour into target-date funds like clockwork, even during market crashes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Besides his trips to the grocery store and his clockwork poker games, Gramps's comings and goings were mysteries to me.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
In these clocks, atoms are held in place by laser beams arranged in a lattice and serve as extremely precise "clockworks."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
When the Victorian-era clockworks began to tick in 1859, it was the largest, most accurate four-sided striking timepiece in the world.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
In the meantime, craftsmen from Smith Bell and Clock Service removed the clockworks, including the clock’s four faces and dials and are storing them while the case is restored.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2020
The rapid-fire labor-intensiveness of Mr. Marclay’s effort also emphasizes the laborious, collaborative nature of films — that they are themselves elaborate clockworks of actors, directors, cinematographers, set and costume designers and makeup artists.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2011
There was a small workbench at one end, and it was covered in little mechanical creatures made out of clockworks, and magic tricks of all shapes and sizes, which Hugo had made himself.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
