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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
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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
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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
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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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