gear
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"I was never any good with gear," he reflects.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
My mind shifted into the gear of fear as I mentally raced over the edge of a pitch-black cliff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Love appears to be wearing red Niners gear as he is handcuffed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Customers this week snapped up limited-time gear from Starbucks’s “Peanuts” fall collection and McDonald’s new “SpongeBob SquarePants” toys — and now they’re being resold online for a premium.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
But what could she thank him for, if not the gear?
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Germany's finance minister on Monday met the UniCredit CEO to seek guarantees over the future of Commerzbank, as the Italian lender gears up to complete a takeover of its German rival.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“We believe that the companies making the gears that move humanoid robots, the sensors that let them see and the chips that let them think will become more valuable over time.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Powertrain Naturally aspirated liquid-cooled 90-degree V4 engine, 1,158-cc displacement, counter-rotating crankshaft, semi dry sump lubrication; six-speed manual transmission with straight-cut gears and multi-plate clutch, with slipper action on overrun; chain drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Motors, batteries, electronics, gears, sensors - everything needed to build the body of a robot is all at hand.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
They chew their cud and moo into their phones until the herd shifts gears and rolls forward again.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Spanish bank’s earnings are positively geared to higher rates globally, despite an offset from its Brazilian business, Citi notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Anthropic, OpenAI and others have developed their own AI agents, but they’re mostly geared toward complex tasks like coding or enterprise work.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Everything will be geared towards him having a big season.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The outcome is a simpler org chart geared toward building versus managing,” Khosrowshahi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Cluny was the picture of barbaric power, geared for war from his poison tail tip to the frightening battle helmet.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
They estimate that, by the end of 2027, BP’s total financial obligations will have fallen by 50%, to take their gearing metrics back in line with European peers for the first time this decade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Farmers are gearing up for the harvest season, and large parts of the Northeast are less than a month away from burning heating oil to stay warm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I still think in my muscle memory I'm gearing up for filming again and just waiting for the scripts," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Gladys Knight has announced she’s gearing up to embrace the next phase of her life and career at 82.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Richard felt as if his body was gearing up to do something, to shiver, to collapse.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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