cogs
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But systemic parties such as Yabloko were always cogs in a carefully calibrated machine that could at any point fall apart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Genes are important, of course, but they’re like cogs in an engine — they’re aren’t steering the ship and we are much more than vessels for our DNA.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
This was an era when England chopped and changed players frequently, using 29 in the 1989 Ashes, but Smith soon established himself as one of the important cogs around which the team was built.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 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
Reluctantly, one by one, Hugo pulled out dozens of objects: screws and nails and bits of metal, gears and crumpled playing cards, tiny pieces of clockworks, cogs, and wheels.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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