motor
Example Sentences
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Fuel is scarce and the motor of the economy, tourism, has never recovered to its pre-pandemic levels.
From BBC
Sales of motor vehicles and parts and by auto-industry wholesalers drove the declines.
He said it had been "stressful" for him and his wife Yvonne, who has motor neurone disease, and said their bills were now four times higher.
From BBC
Morgan Stanley predicts that $2.5 trillion worth of motors alone will be required to meet the global robotics industry’s needs by 2050.
From MarketWatch
Separately, the US Southern Command announced on Wednesday that the defence and homeland security departments "apprehended a stateless, sanctioned dark fleet motor tanker without incident".
From BBC
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