mechanic
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In that time, he said he’s seen mechanic rates jump from around $55 an hour when he started to $175 today, while parts costs have doubled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
If it were up to him, the 44-year-old mechanic would choose something better: a fully compliant workshop with modern facilities on which he would pay taxes and bid for contracts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 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
Gay really was a good mechanic and the order for gasoline was definite evidence of good faith.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Trainee car mechanics at City of Wolverhampton College also liked what they saw with the new car.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Those shops, including chains and mom-and-pop mechanics, are peeling ever more business away from dealerships, known for higher rates, opaque pricing and multiday waits for routine service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
My colleague Alex Galbraith recently argued that food may be where consumers most easily recognize the otherwise abstract mechanics of private equity.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
In a deeply reported article, Claudia Assis outlined the mechanics of the global refining market to explain why diesel prices remain stubbornly high and how that is affecting businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Zero dwells at the juxtaposition of quantum mechanics and relativity; zero lives where the two theories meet, and zero causes the two theories to clash.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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