rotary
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The provincial health agency said in a statement on Sunday that it deployed 30 units directly into Wainwright, including 22 ground ambulances, six fixed-wing and two rotary wing units.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Inside the box is an old rotary telephone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
But what was once a small memorial is now just the base of an old rotary phone without the handset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
That’s prompted more companies to take a fresh look at old combustion tech, including the rotary engine, and figure out new ways for gas power and battery power to work together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Obinze called her at Ranyinudo’s house; she would arrive minutes before he was due to call and sit by the gray rotary phone, waiting for it to ring.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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But he also sees a unique set of challenges in Boston, pointing to a city that’s “not gridded” and has “windy streets, poor weather, lots of roundabouts or rotaries, crazy intersections.”
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018
Little details would amaze him, like touch-tone phones that replaced the bulky rotaries everyone had used when he went away.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2015
Farther south along Main, past a couple more rotaries, you’ll find Manchester Village.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2014
Signs and public-service announcements have taught Americans how to negotiate their new rotaries.
From Economist ● Oct. 3, 2013
Pressmen under Old Horney’s direction oiled the double-deck rotaries and tightened bolts.
From The Secret Pact by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 1
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