bearings
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After a slow start as the then-35-year-old with no prior managerial experience found his bearings, Chandler built a talented team which became the envy of non-league football nationwide.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Purveyors of bearings, fasteners, pneumatics and other manufacturing staples should see demand outpace their capacity to easily meet it, potentially leading to bottlenecks similar to what investors are seeing with memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The second is the component layer beneath them, the motors, reducers, bearings, sensors, and power content inside the machines themselves.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Over two visits to the new building, getting my physical bearings mattered less and less as I surrendered to the generative sensations of not knowing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
We watched the pickup truck depart, then took our bearings.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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