cogs
Example Sentences
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This was an era when England chopped and changed players frequently, using 29 in the 1989 Ashes, but Smith soon established himself as one of the important cogs around which the team was built.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 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 • Dec. 2, 2025
But they are important cogs in the markets they serve, and employ large numbers of people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
During one magnetic monologue, where Cupp pieces the clues together to whom she believes is the killer, we see all the cogs of her intelligence and humor turning swiftly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
He picks up the instrument and opens it to find an exquisite system of cogs and wheels turning inside, resulting in a mechanical device that is capable of telling time.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
