propeller
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Ben Montgomery, an enslaved man, developed an improved steamship propeller in 1854 but couldn’t patent it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
They also said its injuries indicated it had contact with a ship propeller and a fishing net.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Its international airport — which only recently reopened — has the remains of propeller planes carelessly tossed to the side of the runway, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and their wings askew.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
People see it and think it is a joke, or they cannot believe that the propeller is the only means of propulsion, or they think it is meant to be a flying car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
The propeller grinded into reverse, trying to slow the ship, but we kept sliding toward the center of the vortex.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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