Example Sentences

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"We now have a very small gear box compared to the original mechanism and a computer controls it."

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024

“I could see the temps in the gear box going up,” Hall said.

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

As the weight of the vehicle shifted to the track assembly it automatically diverted the tiny nuclear engine output from jet thrust to gear box drive.

From The Thirst Quenchers by Raphael, Rick