stopwatch
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This is, after all, what it takes to be part of M11 Track Club, where the emphasis is on fun until the stopwatch starts.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
The persistent, rhythmic ticking of the “60 Minutes” stopwatch is like the heartbeat of American investigative journalism.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
He urged factory managers to break down each task into its smallest motions, measure these with a stopwatch and then determine the “one best way” to perform the work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
I placed my middle and pointer fingers on the inside of Mrs. B’s left wrist and took her pulse using the stopwatch.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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
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
All those electrifying sprinters from March, April and May aren’t worried what stopwatches are saying right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Unable to catch him on their stopwatches, some of them began to circulate old rumors that Seabiscuit was lame.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
