engine room
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To complete the picture, PSG's midfield of Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves is the well-oiled engine room linking it all together.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
That film also captured the spirit of the people of the region - the proud and hard-working engine room of France, cheering home one of their own from the coffee houses and tabacs.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
"Three crew members are reported missing and believed to be trapped in the engine room," it said, adding that authorities were working to rescue them.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
It may be possible for Hanwha to build the nonnuclear parts of the submarine, while turning to outside companies specializing in the nuclear portions, such as the engine room and the reactor-compartment sections, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
She led him past the engine room, which looked like a very dangerous, mechanized jungle gym, with pipes and pistons and tubes jutting from a central bronze sphere.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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