stopwatch
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Training was pared back on Thursday after Jaissle - stopwatch hanging from his neck - recognised the legs of his squad were "heavy".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
I may be wrong about this, I didn’t have a stopwatch, but Ms. Hynes does receive top billing over Ms. Purvis in each episode’s opening credits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The persistent, rhythmic ticking of the “60 Minutes” stopwatch is like the heartbeat of American investigative journalism.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
Holding a stopwatch, he timed the new employee’s attempts.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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In the church, Ferrari and his workers have their stopwatches out to time the Maserati.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Even among the irrepressible talents of his co-stars, Perry stood out, for a rubbery, heedless way with physical comedy and a split-second timing that most stopwatches would envy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
There are a lot of unfamiliar faces with stopwatches and two-way radios watching their horses in advance of the Breeders’ Cup, which will be held at Santa Anita on Nov. 3-4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Discovering how workers could perform more efficiently often meant timing their movements with stopwatches to make sure they did not attach parts or move levers inefficiently.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The dockers banged their thumbs down on their stopwatches.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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