mainspring
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The Fountain’s tradition of extending a wide communal embrace, welcoming underrepresented voices and addressing urgent social concerns, is clearly going to be a mainspring of Caldwell’s leadership.
From Los Angeles Times
Its hairspring, mainspring, ruby bearings and a few other parts were sourced from Switzerland.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s how my father taught me. If I don’t wind it consistently, it won’t keep time as well. And if I overwind it, the mainspring might break.”
From Literature
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The question of appropriation is the editorial mainspring of “The Dolphin Letters.”
From The New Yorker
This was the mainspring of the anti-liberal revolt in the region.
From The Guardian
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