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combustion engine

American  

noun

  1. any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.


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Management also highlighted that demand remains good despite its price increases in its internal combustion engine vehicle and electric vehicle portfolios, the analysts note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

"Interesting" is not the word Red Bull would use for the declaration by the FIA that they have the most powerful internal combustion engine in Formula 1 this year.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The engine suppliers have agreed to change the ratio to 60-40 in favour of the internal combustion engine by 2028 and will do so in two steps.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Berenberg says it has greater conviction that Ferrari intends to introduce a combustion engine successor to the 296, which would reinvigorate the core customer base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

They look that way when you don’t know much about them—all of those tubes and wires and valves—but mostly the combustion engine hasn’t changed that much since it was invented.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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