motor
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Lindsey has also run several marathons in memory of her late husband, who died in 2024, four and half years after his diagnosis of motor neurone disease.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Patients receiving Zanvastro generally experienced stabilization of their motor function, and some showed improvements in their ability to move.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Following a meeting at the Paris motor show, J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Did the department of motor vehicles take her license?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
To compete with the big boats, you needed a big motor and an orb to go with it.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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As they face mounting competition from Chinese manufacturers, Citroen and other European brands are exploiting their heritage as a means of selling modern motors.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Chief among Jonas’s callouts is China’s control of magnetic rare earths, which are used to make motors that are key to actuation systems.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
They have become a hallmark of modern devices, with smartphones, watches and video game controllers among those containing small motors that move in response to specific electronic signals.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Calls have grown for these levies to be extended to hybrid vehicles, which combine electric motors and internal combustion engines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Back of him he heard other cars pulling out from the curb, with throbbing motors and shrieking sirens.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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The day after Ida struck, Story motored through the bayou in his boat, photographing his camp and others to reassure neighbors their cabins had survived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
As the boat motored across the sea, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila said other nations should come to Cuba's aid.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
As the Zodiac motored into the harbor, Dillais carried fishing gear for cover.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
The plot is motored by their deft, defiant mouths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Russell stuck his arm out the window, leaving it outstretched as we motored past huge lots—some gated and stately, others cluttered with buildings that appeared to have been thrown together in a hurry.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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The rest—the models, the step and repeats, the Veuve Clicquot, the British motoring journalists complaining about the size of said sashimi—felt like a solid, traditional 9.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The average price of diesel has risen above £2 a litre in the UK for the first time, according to the RAC motoring group, with petrol also soaring to 174.71p a litre on average.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Average UK diesel prices have hit a record high, according to the RAC motoring organisation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Micron stock has risen 18% in the past month and the latest memory-chip prices can keep it motoring higher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
That branches, logs, parts of trees, were motoring towards them at some speed.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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