cog
Example Sentences
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Some suspect the actors' gushing words about each other may be just another cog in the film's PR machine, especially given Robbie's husband, Tom Ackerley, is one of its producers.
From BBC
“I do think Google’s self-sufficiency should command a premium relative to the others that could be adversely impacted by one cog in the wheel,” Treacy said, referring to Google’s proprietary tensor processing units.
From MarketWatch
He is the key cog in the India team for sure as their main seam-bowling all-rounder.
From BBC
The ghost has broken the laws of nature but she’s still treated like a cog in the system.
From Los Angeles Times
But he's a symptom of it, a failing cog in a malfunctioning machine.
From BBC
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