solder
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Analysts expect silver prices to remain higher than historical levels because of demand from data centers and other high-tech applications, which use the highly conductive metal for electrical contacts and solder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
“But you can’t do that with the hair. You have to build them individually and then solder them in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Over two-and-a-half hours, Glenn and Milton taught dozens of volunteers basic engineering skills to disassemble, rewire and solder palm-size external buttons and attach them to a variety of toys.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
The federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendment in 1986 required the use of "lead-free" piping, solder and flux in buildings.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023
“Of course. You cannot solder gold with gold.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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In the shade of the barracks, the solders were cleaning their Kalashnikovs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
More often than not, organizations, educational systems, companies and other systems just want good solders who do what they're told and say nothing.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
He then carefully inserts the gold wire into the needle, solders it to a connector and ensures it is electrically insulated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
The center also arranges for Ukrainian solders to be trained on how to use and maintain the weapons, like the HIMARS, which requires at least two weeks of instruction, military officials said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
He charms the druggist’s wife into giving him a broken earphone; he salvages a solenoid from a discarded doorbell, solders it to a resistor, and makes a loudspeaker.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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I’m stripping a century of paint off the door hinges, and I soldered tight a loose brass light fixture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
For as long as I can remember, the events of that day have been present with me, soldered deeply into my psyche, though I wasn’t there to witness them firsthand.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024
Some have metal tabs that need to be soldered to the circuit board.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
They also created a low-cost, printed circuit board with built-in digital microfluidics, which the emitter is soldered to.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
The armor in use at the time was chain mail, in which every ring had to be soldered by hand.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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Armed with a soldering iron and good intentions, Tuna paid tribute to what the fires took.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
The term derives from the white crystalline powder used in cleaning, soldering, glass making and in pesticides, which in centuries past was sold as a cure-all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
At a hearing in Brasília, he admitted trying to open the monitor with a soldering iron on Friday until he "came to his senses", court documents show.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Bolsonaro said he "experienced a certain paranoia between Friday and Saturday due to medication" when he had used a soldering iron on the monitoring bracelet, the document read.
From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025
There were welding tools, soldering irons, and electric drills.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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