crank
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Subtitled “An Almost History of America” and arriving on the eve of the nation’s semiquincentennial, this seven-episode sketch comedy comes from Larry David, television’s great luckless crank, and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The piston rotates a crank shaft, creating movement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
There are limits on how much power each company can draw from the public power grid so fast-growing industries can’t just crank up their consumption whenever they want.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Nick Lichtenberg has used the technology to crank out 600 stories since rejoining Fortune in July, a potential bellwether for where much of the media business is headed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
But as Grandpa bent to crank up the engine, she reached forward again and, with a chessy-cat grin at me, turned the switch back off!
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing crank
Mechanical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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