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wheel

[hweel, weel] / ʰwil, wil /




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Archaeologists later excavated a sword still in its scabbard, decorated straps, buckles, rings, ornaments and chariot wheel axle caps.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Downstairs is a small, cinderblock-enclosed ceramics studio where Herman builds his oversize vessels, starting on a wheel and then hand-building the rest of the vases before firing them in his own kiln.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

They throng a hilltop temple to turn the enormous 69-foot-tall golden prayer wheel, once the world’s largest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

True to his mission, Kenig got behind the steering wheel and raced towards the Gaza border in the early hours of October 7, 2023 after a colleague alerted him to what was happening.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was the classic kind, the sort of spinning wheel most people imagined if they needed to form a mental picture of one.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

“I expect it to be the most impressive thing ever on wheels by a reasonably large factor,” Haushalter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“If my wheels ain’t turning, I ain’t earning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

They include dozens of 5-foot-8-inch, 160-pound robots on two legs or wheels, called Apollo, that trade the intense precision of a traditional robot for flexibility and mobility.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

And after that, the wheels came off for the Australian, and he was overtaken by the end of the year not only by Norris, but also by Verstappen.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

My wheels, which moments ago felt so tired I wasn’t sure I could proceed, now do not bother me at all.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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

Survivors wheeled and circled above the wreckage for days, and injured birds straggling ashore were killed by Angelenos looking for a free meal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

Dexmate, based in the Bay Area, is developing robots that travel on wheeled bases and have long arms that can reach items on warehouse racks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

She wheeled her arms, stopping herself just in time to keep from falling in.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Burnham knew, the world knows, how explosive these rolling, free wheeling, live on camera encounters with Trump can go.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

He could see nothing but the wheeling stars, and away to his right vast shadows against the sky where the mountains of the South marched past.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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