grinder

This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Traditionally, the beans are ground with a tool resembling a mortar and pestle but, for the sake of speed, Netsi now uses a small electric grinder.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

“I had to put the table upside down and use a chisel and grinder to remove as much material as I could. It took us three tries to get the table right.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

“Sopranos” creator David Chase ran all those rules through the meat grinder at Satriale’s, and in the process made the most imitated show since “I Love Lucy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

The noise was so pervasive that I even thought I heard the movements of those giant presses in the walls and the ceiling, as though the building itself were a vast meat grinder.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Generators, metal grinders and backhoes to clear debris are also desperately needed, affected residents say.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

It is unclear if the Lalique salt and pepper grinders were ever found.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

This is Dodger Stadium versus Machado, Shohei versus Tatis, grinders versus showboaters, the real freeway series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

We used a machine the size of a mobile home to press them into a Z shape, then we attached wire brushes to grinders and blasted away the rust so they could be painted.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover