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horsepower

[hawrs-pou-er] / ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər /






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“They wanna bike, they wanna walk, people are driving 300 horsepower crossovers. We’re in conflict for the same space,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

To what end but ill comes a three-ton luxury SUV wielding four-digit horsepower?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The outboard horsepower explosion started about 20 years ago, when bigger boats typically had engines set within the hull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

"What we've done is taken two of our 74 horsepower engines from our construction machines, we've laid them on their side and we've turned the power up," Lee Harper, chief engineer at JCB, explained.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

As powerful as ACD’s computer was, however, the maestros of Project Mercury would require even more electronic horsepower for what was to come next.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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