cogs

Example Sentences

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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

But they are important cogs in the markets they serve, and employ large numbers of people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

During one magnetic monologue, where Cupp pieces the clues together to whom she believes is the killer, we see all the cogs of her intelligence and humor turning swiftly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

And there were two tiny brass cogs in the dirty water in the gutter by my feet, like cogs from a windup watch.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon