engineer
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"What we've done is taken two of our 74 horsepower engines from our construction machines, we've laid them on their side and we've turned the power up," Lee Harper, chief engineer at JCB, explained.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
"Nvidia is bypassing the traditional PC supply chain to build an end-to-end hardware monopoly," said Stephen Wu, a former AI software engineer and founder of the Carthage Capital investment fund.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
“We started realizing that there might be a problem here,” said Milheizler, a 48-year-old civil engineer and mother.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
It's why I trained as an engineer and later, why I came into politics.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“An engineer has to study the rock above these pillars! If weight becomes concentrated on one of them, it’ll explode! The last time that happened, it tore one of our shuttles to pieces!”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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