the rev

Example Sentences

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"We just heard this squeal, the rev of an engine and a huge, loud impact," Kimberly Stricklen, a visitor to New Orleans, told Reuters.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025

Text alerts go out instantly to Tembé patrols when Google’s cloud computing detects the rev of a chainsaw.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2022

“It was a little weird because I hit the rev limiter right before I got into the corner,” Larson said.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022

How do you make sure the rev split is equal?

From The Verge • May 17, 2022

Among those who helped to carry on the services there, was a young undermaster of Stockwell Grammar School, the rev.

From Autobiographical Sketches by Besant, Annie Wood