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wheel

[hweel, weel] / ʰwil, wil /




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"Being the third wheel in this system makes us want to call it a moon, even if it is nothing like the small, rocky moons we have in our system."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Because it’s true, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Unlike the flaccid fenders of the S5, the RS 5’s fenders and wheel arches are swole, extending a full 3 inches wider than those of the S5.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

For younger motorists, the first move when getting behind the wheel is to override the in-car infotainment system, including the radio, by activating Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Then she stops at a red light and smacks her hands against the steering wheel.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Seek ye a picture on the internet: You will observe the RS 5’s wheels most certainly extend to the wheel wells, if not a little bit more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

“His wheels weren’t hot enough to get away!” the police department wrote in the post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Because the wheels were not secured with chocks, and no breakaway cables were attached, there was nothing preventing the vehicle from rolling backwards when it was lowered on to the skates.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

During the demo, which was livestreamed on Tesla's X account, the car launched from a steep steel ramp and performed a full barrel roll in mid-air before landing on its wheels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, Lorren—who’d never stopped reeling from Rachel’s claim about Traveler’s post—was tired of watching me spin my wheels when it came to learning basic facts about the boy we talked to every day.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

McConnell, played by Mikey Day, was wheeled onto the set and struggled to deliver his lines, while Jeremy Culhane’s Vance was quickly dismissed after introducing himself.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

If wheeled robots move goods cheaply, reliably and efficiently or robots with just arms can do the other automated tasks, what problem does a humanoid solve?

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

As he was wheeled away to a waiting ambulance, Gil wore an oxygen mask and neck brace, and his face showed bruising.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

Dexmate, based in the Bay Area, is developing robots that travel on wheeled bases and have long arms that can reach items on warehouse racks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

After they had retreated back down the stairs, Octavian wheeled on Reyna.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

I’m wheeling my bike off it with balletic ease, definitely not annoying my fellow commuters as I lug it down the stairs.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

When the convention was first announced, it sounded like it might be a thrilling opportunity to see real wheeling and dealing on a convention floor from which a nominee would eventually emerge.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

On a recent afternoon, volunteers bustled around the museum wheeling carts of jaws and vertebrae carefully organized by species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

She went in the overstuffed garage and returned a few minutes later wheeling a red ten-speed.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn


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