mechanic
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The industrial mechanic and former union leader is a relative political novice, and says he's always refused to define himself along party lines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kushner’s father, who had worked as an Army mechanic in World War II, told her years later that he had never been more terrified than when he took her to have that abortion.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
"If I had known how close I would have come to death on that day, I wouldn't have gone into that restaurant to eat. Only we don't know how close death is," the mechanic says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
After a plague wipes out most of humanity, Jacob Elordi’s mechanic and Josh Brolin’s ex-Marine debate their different visions of survival in the director’s newest sci-fi story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
‘Yeah. I don’t want no greenhorn. I need a experienced mechanic.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Equity trading strategy tends to focus on short-term market mechanics, positioning and execution, as opposed to the bank’s more fundamental macro-led equity strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
To make matters worse, McLaren's mechanics had trouble with both the right-hand side wheels, and the stop took seven seconds rather than the usual two.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Researchers found surprisingly little agreement on topics ranging from black holes and dark matter to the long-running effort to reconcile Einstein's theory of gravity with quantum mechanics.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Quantum mechanics has always challenged our everyday understanding of reality.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Herbert was not unintelligent—in fact, he was quite smart, with a particular aptitude for electronics and mechanics.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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