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wheel

[hweel, weel] / ʰwil, wil /




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Antonio Sanz, Andalusia's health and emergencies minister, said earlier they were believed to be "of British origin" and that the car had a steering wheel on the right.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Tesla’s coming Cybercab, a two-door, two-seat car without a steering wheel or pedals, seems built for this.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The company has been testing its autonomous vehicles in San Diego with a safety driver behind the wheel since earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Its 116-year-old pier, with a Ferris wheel above the waves, has long been a tourist draw just north of L.A.’s Venice Beach.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

After Red left, I stuffed just a few things in a satchel: a dry loaf of bread, some biscuits, a skin of water, and my mother’s bobbin from her spinning wheel.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

It also set in motion, Clay Risen writes, “the wheels of myth-making, idealism, and national self-interest that would guide the country through the twentieth century.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

In Nolan's world, the horse - dreamt up by the wily Odysseus to trick the Trojan army and get the Greeks into Troy - doesn't have wheels.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

In the absence of anything better and because the show, even when spinning its wheels, continues to offer much to enjoy, I think “The Bear” is safe for now.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

In the dark workshops where cars would usually be built, men sat around while tools and wheels were idle.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

So different from the sound of my own wheels spinning.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

TMZ published photos of someone who appears to be Graham being wheeled outside of his home and into an ambulance.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

Finally, the long-anticipated moment arrived: Firefighters wheeled out a gurney carrying Hernán Alberto Gil Flores — a security guard who survived for more than a week trapped under a mountain of rubble.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

On the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing, children and adults wheeled their luggage or carried belongings atop their heads, as they moved from desk to desk to log their arrival.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

By the mid-15th century, handguns—the term for portable firearms as contrasted with artillery pieces mounted on wheeled carriages—were in regular battlefield use.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Downstairs, she wheeled the yellow bicycle from the driveway.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Because of their wheeling and dealing, they also have three first-round picks next year when the class of passers is projected to be much deeper.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

After a career involving stints in the civil service and British Telecom, Viv became "Del Boy on legs" as a "wheeling and dealing" antique dealer in her late 40s.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2025

While the crossings remain closed, life has regained a semblance of normality, with bakers kneading bread, fruit and vegetable sellers wheeling out their carts, and customers frequenting shops.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

The wheeling and dealing has continued during the season.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2025

A studious-looking boy with a wheeling backpack freezes when he sees her, like an alarmed traveler stumbling upon a piece of unattended luggage at the airport.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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