wheel
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Otherwise you could wind up behind the wheel.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
One wheel of the plane sat near the debris, completely detached from the aircraft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
A wheel rolled over his left foot, causing a serious injury that required medical assistance, a witness told SFist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The move is a first for a purpose-built autonomous vehicle like Zoox, which doesn’t have pedals or a steering wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The pixies squeaked and flitted back and forth between me and the wheel.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Nearly 40,000 participated, and all 360,000 damaged wheels were sold.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Gaps began to appear between English wheels as the noise in the crowd grew louder.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It was, of course, trading Jared Verse for Garrett that got Donald’s wheels grinding, McVay said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Ogre may weigh barely 140 pounds, but once he’s on two wheels, few sights in sports are more intimidating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
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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
As he was wheeled away to a waiting ambulance, Gil wore an oxygen mask and neck brace, and his face showed bruising.
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
Overhead, terns and Cape pigeons wheeled, and a giant snow petrel flew on snow-white wings; the birds were a sure sign that open water was near.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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
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
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
Frightful dove into a flock of pigeons wheeling out over the river, snatched one in the air, and flew on.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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