stationary
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The investigators cited the inability of Ford’s system to detect and respond to a stationary vehicle in the Texas crash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
This includes making it illegal to overtake a stationary bus "in clearly defined dangerous circumstances".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Earlier studies showed that this region stayed near the equator and remained mostly stationary during the same period.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
The conversion from EV to stationary batteries typically involves a change in chemistry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
If one argued that earth, water and air all rotated together, so that they were all stationary with regard to each other, then why are there always violent winds blowing at the tops of mountains?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing stationary
Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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