grating
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Smith said it was accepted there had been a failure to ensure the grating was properly fastened to prevent detachment while under tow.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
That made him few friends in his own party, with many finding his personal ambition grating — he once wrote a letter to then-Gov.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
On audio, narrating her memoir “Famesick,” her voice is, alas, all grating, all the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
By engineering a subwavelength grating, they were able to trap infrared light within a layer only 40 nanometers thick.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
He laughs—a harsh, grating sound that tears up my insides.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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