shaft
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The flagellum comprises more than 30 distinct parts, so similar to those of an outboard motor that biologists speak of the flagellum’s propeller, drive shaft and so forth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
It plans to sink the mine’s first shaft this year, and hopes to repeat similar success in Congo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The one shaft of light was a superb performance from 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha, selected ahead of Mohamed Salah.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Here are two films largely about torturous family dynamics; why is Winslet’s getting the shaft?
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
The cross-staff is a very simple instrument, a calibrated shaft along which a bar slides.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing shaft
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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