Example Sentences

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Unlike a traditional gasoline or diesel engine, it has no pistons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The technology uses the bobbing floaters to compress pistons, which push hydraulic fluid into storage tanks located nearby on land.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

If the workings of his engine were carefully concealed, you could see the pistons pumping and sparks flying when Nadal took to court.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

The researchers note that this work focuses on printing and finishing machine parts that include circles or cylinders, such as pistons.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

It was a complicated test stand with tubes and springs and pistons.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam