semi
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Powertrain Naturally aspirated liquid-cooled 90-degree V4 engine, 1,158-cc displacement, counter-rotating crankshaft, semi dry sump lubrication; six-speed manual transmission with straight-cut gears and multi-plate clutch, with slipper action on overrun; chain drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Moderna stock surged following positive cancer-vaccine data, burning short sellers and spilling over into the semi sector.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sales ended with 25 wickets, just two off the most in the competition and on the biggest T20 stage posted figures of 4-41 from eight overs across the semi and final.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The crash involved four semi trucks and four passenger cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
How were we supposed to know that semi was going to skid into a telephone pole?
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Curtis broke Australian Kaylee McKeown's previous record by 0.23 seconds with a time of 26.63s in the semi- final on Wednesday and improved on that with her victory a day later.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
Semi-pedestal sinks are wall-hung sinks with a semi- or half-pedestal attached to the bottom of the sink.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Use the formula found in the previous exercise to calculate the interest rate for an account that was compounded semi- annually, had an initial deposit of $9,000 and was worth $13,373.53 after 10 years.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
These had been grown elsewhere, because few crops could be raised in the dry semi- desert region of Loun-Ariik.
From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
During the second quarter, traders piled into leveraged products like ETFs to try and cash in on the red-hot rally in semis.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dyke set the England team two targets: reach the semis of Euro in 2020 and win the World Cup in 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Jude shines as England beat Norway 2-1 to reach semis", is the paper's review.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Driving second-quarter expectations: semis, megacap growth and tech, and a “stepping up” of the rest of the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
I made it through the morning, but I was beaten in the semis and ended up in third place.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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