Example Sentences

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If it weren’t for a balky gear box, Brent Hall would already be the first Black driver to qualify to drive an unlimited hydroplane.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

His days of hurling himself off a hovering helicopter with packs on his front and back and heaving a 70-pound gear box are over.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

The idea of an automatic gear box for a bicycle is sort of odd to me, as someone who prefers to drive manual cars, but you mostly forget about it when riding.

From The Verge • Dec. 8, 2020

Slimming down and disposing of businesses is the current trend in industrial companies, with rival Siemens SIEGn.DE floating its turbines business earlier this year and selling its Flender gear box unit.

From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2020

A blade in the old gear box, eh?

From Survival Tactics by Novick, Irving