clock on
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Touches of Midcentury Modern kitsch include a starburst clock on the restaurant’s roadside sign, marking its place along Route 66.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The company’s collapse started the clock on a mission to collect dozens of planes and deposit them in Arizona boneyards.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Watching women fight off the arms of the occult has a clock on it.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
On 14 March, she will compete in the women's LL2 banked slalom, a technical discipline raced against the clock on a course of tight turns.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Aunt Goldie looked at the clock on the wall and shot out of her chair.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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