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turbine

[tur-bin, -bahyn] / ˈtɜr bɪn, -baɪn /


NOUN
rotary engine
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Paddy made the hull out of the mast from a scrap wind turbine before welding a bow and a stern on and then adding an engine.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Earlier this year Musk acquired a Florida-based gas and diesel turbine manufacturer, according to a Federal Trade Commission filing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Ming Yang has described the UK government's decision - on what would have been the UK's largest wind turbine factory - as a "significant missed opportunity", saying it could have supported up to 1,500 jobs.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Connecting the combustion chamber to a turbine and converting its intense combustion into electricity created an additional engineering challenge.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

He picks her up and she nuzzles her nose into his neck, purring like a turbine.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Its major components, including reactor vessel heads, steam generator parts and low-pressure and high-pressure turbines, were all recently updated as part of the 2030 extension, said Maureen Zawalick, chief risk officer at PG&E.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Geothermal, which involves tapping into Earth’s underground heat to spin turbines, looks a lot like nuclear in that it can produce clean electricity 24 hours a day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Luke Petherbridge, CEO of the Blackstone-owned company, tells the WSJ Logistics Report’s Liz Young that tenants include companies assembling and supplying components such as turbines, generators and switchgear.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The original Colossus campus now receives grid power, estimated around 300 megawatts, and has almost 200 megawatts of turbines on site, according to satellite photos from May analyzed by Cleanview.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

A Spanish-owned company called Gamesa has taken over and is manufacturing wind turbines, green energy for the future.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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