engine

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Jet fuel for air forces, too, has become a scarce resource, with the government under pressure to keep stocks for the national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, an engine of the economy and Africa’s largest airline.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

In contrast, a customer team have to take the engine they are given and design the car around it.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Jet fuel for air forces, too, has become a scarce resource, with the government under pressure to keep stocks for the national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, an engine of the economy and Africa’s largest airline.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Even amid cataclysmic energy shocks and relentless spates of white-collar layoffs, the American economic engine appears to be humming along smoothly.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

She turns the engine on and starts fiddling with some of the knobs.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy