motor-driven
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Trainees wear VR headsets and sit in motor-driven rocking chairs that approximate the rearing-horse verticality of landing or taking off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The Wright Brothers carried out the first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane and the Tour de France was staged for the first time.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2022
Born on Jan. 2, 1903 - the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane - Tanaka was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living person.
From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2022
It took 1½ days to tighten the ultrathin layers using motor-driven cables, half the expected time.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2022
He no longer purred around restlessly in his motor-driven wheelchair.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
