treadmill

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The pattern holds whether scientists are testing how fast lizards run on a treadmill, measuring how sharks swim in the ocean, or tracking how quickly bacterial cells divide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

“Maybe what I need to do is just celebrate all I’ve done instead of getting back into this rat race, on this treadmill, and look for something totally different,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The lawyer said these efforts enticed users to a "treadmill of continuous checking" for new content.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Standing desks are passé if not accompanied by an underdesk treadmill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

They checked the condition of my heart by making me walk on a treadmill that they adjusted to get steeper and steeper as the minutes went by.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins