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mechanic

[muh-kan-ik] / məˈkæn ɪk /
NOUN
machinist
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One New York City mechanic is raking in $2,200 a night, off a single pothole.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Baryalai Amiri, a 38-year-old mechanic, came to the site where his brother was admitted about 25 days ago.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Mr. Hoppy is a retired mechanic who lives in an apartment directly above the widowed Mrs. Silver, the object of his undeclared crush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Rosalba worked in the accounting department of a mail order catalog company and later helped her husband run a mechanic shop in Granada Hills.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

They had to do this “outside when the wind was blowing and the temperature was forty below zero,” according to Galina Drobovich, who became the 586th’s chief aircraft mechanic.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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