wheels

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Over an hour into a high-speed chase with the suspect, the sheriff’s department botched the deployment of a “grappler” net system intended to entangle the back wheels of the car to slow it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

For example, they can control a robot's wheels, arms, or fingers to complete a task.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet households are still spending enough money to keep the wheels of the economy turning.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

There’s a lot going on, including a spinning of wheels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The workers had to stop two or three times because the wheels sank into the pavement.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman