chamber
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As the wall became thicker, the amount of space inside the chamber was reduced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some assembly members criticised the move when unveiled by Givan in the Stormont chamber on Monday, with one - Sinn Féin's Danny Baker - at one point describing him as "a disgrace".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Newsom ordered the dismantling of San Quentin’s death row and execution chamber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a similarly failed constitutional amendment for the upper congressional chamber last year.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Now she was stepping around her chamber pot.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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As in New Mexico, the final bill passed both chambers unanimously and enjoyed strong support from the governor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Because GRCop-42 has high thermal conductivity while maintaining its strength at extreme temperatures, it is used in aerospace systems, including liquid rocket engine combustion chambers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
At 08:28 on Monday 7 July, an email from the judge's chambers popped into the inboxes of the lawyers in the case.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
But during a search of his vehicle, investigators said, they recovered a revolver and additional ammunition, as well as speed loaders, which allow multiple chambers of a gun to be loaded at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The light of her chambers appeared, and as it neared, she heard a faint voice cry from behind her, almost in sudden realization and anger.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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The complex family tree of a Neolithic clan buried in a chambered tomb called Hazleton North shows the promise of DNA to reveal ancient relationships.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 4, 2023
Other sites from the same period in history are close by, and include a stone circle at Torbreck and chambered cairn at Culduthel in Inverness.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2023
Maybe some drawings — especially the chambered spaces of domestic interiors, which can be quite complex — are more sophisticated than others in the subtlety of execution, suggesting skill developed over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
The strike of the hammer on the chambered shell needs a specific amount of force to detonate the primer.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2023
But his eyes are gray and chambered and shallow, and after a moment he returns to his spirals.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Inspired by a hybrid of several technologies — pneumatics, mechanical springs and hydraulics — the semi-automatic rifle produces almost no recoil by transferring that energy into expelling shells and chambering the next rounds.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Finally, Benellis are fast, spitting out empties and chambering fresh rounds more quickly than any other auto.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The standard chambering for the Triple Lock was the .44 Special, although it was also offered in .38/40 and .45 Long Colt.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr
"Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness," &c.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
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