cogs
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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
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
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
"You can see the cogs turning and them thinking 'oh my goodness me, this could really work for us'."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Instead we step into an elevator held up by enormous cogs and chains and go up a level, then another, and another.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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