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machinery

[muh-shee-nuh-ree] / məˈʃi nə ri /


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Large machinery and backhoes are working nonstop across the city ahead of the games, said Jaime Aguilar, a spokesperson for the group Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, which finds an average of two graves a month.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Despite Patel’s theatrical denials under oath, the machinery of the state has already been deployed against the press.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Deere’s construction equipment uses some of the same powertrain components as Deere’s farm machinery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Weichai, a state-owned group based in the Shandong region in northern China, is a major manufacturer of commercial vehicles, construction machinery and industrial engines, with 100,000 employees worldwide.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Writer Ernest Seeman accurately portrayed the Durham of his youth when he described this neighborhood of “large houses and well-groomed lawns, where several of its richest and most righteous rajputs and masters of machinery lived.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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