wire

Example Sentences

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He threaded a tiny camera on a thin wire through my nose and down my throat.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Even down to the wire, many people can still quickly gather the needed paperwork, Steber said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

After some trial and error, he and a local blacksmith retrofitted a hand-cranked coffee mill so that it could efficiently twist wire into uniform barbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

"All the wires are basically white, there are too many to colour code, so therefore each wire has a unique alpha-numeric identity code printed on it," Dr Dickinson added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Men crawled out of their trenches to repair strands of barbed wire or to clear a path through the wire for a planned attack the next morning.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman