pedal
Example Sentences
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I executed a couple of full-power stops from highway speeds—tires chirping, brake pedal chattering—and our SS slowed up, hard, straight and true.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Until Americans take their foot off the pedal, or the war ends, prices are unlikely to come down much.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Stewart’s wild, shivering vibrato sliced through layers of fiddle and pedal steel, eventually grabbing the attention of Nashville bigwigs, including Roy Dea, a Texas-born record producer who would become one of Stewart’s loyal supporters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Zoox robotaxis have no gas pedal, steering wheel or other driver controls, and passengers sit facing each other inside the cabin.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
I try to focus straight ahead as we pedal across the overpass, but I can’t pull myself away from the reality all around me.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing pedal
Body Language: Ped, Pod ("Foot")
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