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[hweel, weel] / ʰwil, wil /




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Inside the cab or the tractor, there remains a steering wheel and seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The car had high wheel arches and soft suspension, letting it travel across a ploughed field or rough roads - as legend would have it, without breaking a tray of duck eggs.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

John Cena spent much of his childhood playing with Matchbox cars, so when the chance came to hit the gas in "Matchbox: The Movie," he jumped behind the wheel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Spies always reminds her students that it’s up to them to reinvent the wheel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“It’s not a debt, Harry,” he said, hands tight on the wheel.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

During the demo, which was livestreamed on Tesla's X account, the car launched from a steep steel ramp and performed a full barrel roll in mid-air before landing on its wheels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Peck & Peck” has little in common with that feminist anthem, but both share a classic underdog story of battling a culture that favors money, status and squeaky wheels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Now she’s returning the favor by asking a German state leader to grease the organizing wheels for the UAW at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Crucially, with the broader market spinning its wheels of late, surging earnings mean price-to-earnings multiples have dropped.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

As the wheels started turning, I scooched up against the window, tucking myself in behind my reading.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

McConnell, played by Mikey Day, was wheeled onto the set and struggled to deliver his lines, while Jeremy Culhane’s Vance was quickly dismissed after introducing himself.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Skims founder is then shown in a hospital bed in a series of clips, one in which it appears she’s being wheeled into a procedure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It operates from a regular power socket, can be wheeled around and doesn't use much power, according to its maker.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

If wheeled robots move goods cheaply, reliably and efficiently or robots with just arms can do the other automated tasks, what problem does a humanoid solve?

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

So I put the books in my backpack and wheeled my bike up to the feedstore.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

The show’s debut season was a breakout hit with viewers and charged into its first awards season with the same high-energy entrance as a medic team wheeling a patient into the ER.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

I’m wheeling my bike off it with balletic ease, definitely not annoying my fellow commuters as I lug it down the stairs.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

When the convention was first announced, it sounded like it might be a thrilling opportunity to see real wheeling and dealing on a convention floor from which a nominee would eventually emerge.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

She stops wheeling and comes around to look me right in the eyes.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen


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