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cylinder

noun as in a geometrical form

Strongest match

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The Dodgers are winning but, as the cliche goes, are they hitting on all cylinders?

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One of the cylinders in the U.S. economic engine is causing some sputtering.

Azerbaijan’s president accused Russia of trying to cover up its role in the crash, saying that Russian authorities’ explanations—which initially faulted a flock of birds and an exploding gas cylinder—were “foolish and dishonest.”

The shutdown is disrupting business as usual in many ways—and reinforcing just how many private-sector operations depend on a federal bureaucracy humming on all cylinders.

“The team is starting to fire on all cylinders, finally,” Muncy said.

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