rotary
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That’s prompted more companies to take a fresh look at old combustion tech, including the rotary engine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
While General Motors spent years working fruitlessly to develop rotary engines, Mazda’s efforts made it to the showroom floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The first rotary engines were pioneered in the late 1800s by French and American inventors, and made their way into early motorcycles and airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The company built and flew a prototype of one such drone, in which batteries power the vertical takeoff and the rotary engine takes over for long-range horizontal flight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It goes through grassland studded with honey-acacia trees, and it goes past factories, and then it conies to a rotary and enters the bustling street life of Nairobi.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 1
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