cogs
Example Sentences
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The risk, he said, is that humans will be reduced “to mere cogs in a system driven toward ever greater efficiency.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
And for now, they figure to remain key cogs in next year’s pursuit of another World Series title.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
Ships like these are allegedly cogs in a maritime smuggling network known as the "shadow fleet", skirting sanctions by passing themselves off as cargo vessels on legitimate business.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
It feels like we have been invited inside Hancock's brain and are seeing the cogs turn.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
Thick black doors shine bright with the House of Inventors emblem—a chrysanthemum growing out of a stacked tower of cogs and gears.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
