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

You can see the improvisational cogs turning in real time.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 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

Luna was not there: The thing that was making such a racket was a wooden object covered in magically turning cogs and wheels.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling