Example Sentences

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Off track, one of the main focuses of pre-season has been a row between the engine manufacturers over the rules governing the engines' compression ratio.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The vibe Specktor evokes is “Mad Men” cool, an L.A. full of cars with “radios blaring Nelson Riddle and Patti Page from their blood-dark interiors, their engines’ warm rumble fading to a soft, tidal hiss.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

The findings, which appear in the journal Nature, offer insights into the impact of search engines' output on their users -- a relatively under-studied area.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes said in February that the GTF engines' reliability has not been up to expectations and that the company was working to fix problems.

From Reuters • May 17, 2023

"But the accelerometers caught it and calculated the new center of mass. The guidance computer is adjusting the engines' thrusts to counteract. We're still good."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir