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This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

She said the Shark has “more power and torque than the legacy ICE rivals,” referring to the internal combustion engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Besides pulling material away from the star, those forces also apply torque, causing the star to rotate faster after each close encounter.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

The new engine would be more powerful, boast more torque, tow more and use less fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Victarion gave the priest a golden torque as a reward.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

However, Mach's explanation could not account for the reverse rotations and torques measured during the new experiments.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Computer simulations that applied realistic forces and torques confirmed this behavior and showed that plectoneme formation depends on DNA's ability to transmit twist along its length.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026

Ultimately, though, the author torques her contrarianism past trolling, past knee-jerk philosophizing and past satire, alchemizing a critique of literary culture in all its ideological waywardness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Some of the white terracotta tiles that cover the building’s facade were haphazardly installed, wrecking the precise geometries of a design that ripples and torques.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

“Lord Bowen, you shall collect the tolls. The gold and silver, the amber, the torques and armbands and necklaces. Sort it all, count it, see that it reaches Eastwatch safely.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Argentine lifestyle impresario Alan Faena opened his namesake New York hotel late last year in the bottom of a torqued high rise by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The funerary marker features the torqued and compressed figure of an old man, who offers a piece of meat to an eager dog — a rare moment of compassion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

Asked if it could happen, he replied: “I suppose, if you really torqued it.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

In December, a Tesla supplier implemented improved process controls along with improved training and supervision to ensure bolts are torqued to specifications, the automaker said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2023

There was a grinding shudder—then a twisted ship which looked as if some giant had taken a wet rag and torqued it to squeeze out the water.

From A Woman's Place by Mark Clifton

After years spent clenching, tightening and torquing myself out of all types of alignment, I am ready to surrender my way back to something like order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Seats in that area showed signs of damage, including sheared oxygen masks, lost headrests and torquing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

Wilson claims it designed a tool to install bolts and fasteners on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner starting in 2012, and alleged that misuse of its stolen torquing tool led to leaks aboard the International Space Station.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Every torquing twist and long follow-through and confident twirl of the iron.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2021

“Anya, look!” he said, torquing his arm back and forth.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack