lever
Example Sentences
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One lever was low-reward -- mice needed six presses to get one drop of milk.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Is Verstappen's threat to quit a lever to alter rules?
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s strongest lever.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
Quite the opposite: Spoelstra pulled every lever he could to let his player pursue Bryant’s iconic mark.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
He stood a penny in a slot on the canopy of cloud and pulled the lever at the base.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing lever
Word Generation Science - Energy
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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