cogs
Example Sentences
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The risk, he said, is that humans will be reduced “to mere cogs in a system driven toward ever greater efficiency.”
From The Wall Street Journal β May 25, 2026
You can see the improvisational cogs turning in real time.
From Salon β Feb. 5, 2026
And for now, they figure to remain key cogs in next year’s pursuit of another World Series title.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 8, 2025
Ships like these are allegedly cogs in a maritime smuggling network known as the "shadow fleet", skirting sanctions by passing themselves off as cargo vessels on legitimate business.
From Barron's β Dec. 2, 2025
Ships lined the strand; war galleys and fishing vessels, stout carracks and fatbottomed cogs.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
