motor
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Sensory and motor processes, for example, are physical.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The cemeteries, neighborhood councils and clergy leaders had opposed the loss of motor vehicle lanes, saying it would cause a traffic nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Core sales, which exclude fuel as well as motor vehicles and parts, were up a third month running.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
By the time Kimi was 11, his name was buzzing around motor racing circles.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He jerked the boat’s tail up in surprise, cutting off the motor.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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But officials are most concerned about young riders on the electric bicycles and motorcycles outfitted with the most powerful motors that can sometimes outrun police vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Their roller kilns - which transport materials through every production phase inside industrial ovens - are powered by electric motors.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Recreational outboard motors back then maxed out at 300 hp, and most were much smaller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The fires have also threatened a number of sensitive military and industrial sites in the area, including facilities that work on French ballistic missiles, rocket motors, and the processing of hazardous chemicals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
We came upon a river where the soldiers’ aluminum boats, with motors, gently floated.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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The U.S. economy has motored along, powered by the artificial-intelligence build-out and a stock-market rally lifting spending among higher-income households.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
As the boat motored across the sea, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila said other nations should come to Cuba's aid.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Max Jorgensen ate up space down the right, then Joseph Suaalii motored past Bundee Aki to put the Wallabies into dream territory.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
For some reason—the police cited low tide; Mafart claimed the problem was fishermen at the pickup spot—Dillais motored past Teal Park heading east.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
We motored out to sea in wind jackets and bathing suits.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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As you’re motoring away on your time off this summer, perhaps even driving over that very “Grapevine” on the I-5, here’s some backstory drama for you to take along in the passenger seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
But a rival motoring group, the upstart American Automobile Association, feared that a race on open roads would tarnish the industry’s already-poor record on safety, and lobbied against it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
California drivers who are caught motoring at speeds of more than 100 mph will now face disciplinary actions imposed by the Department of Motor Vehicles — including potentially losing their driving privileges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Housing, motoring, fares and other travel, and leisure services groups gave downward contributions to the change in the annual inflation rate, it said.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Soon, however, we were motoring down the village high street, and then the shops had gone and we found ourselves in open country.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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