Example Sentences

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Russian forces have geared up for fresh attacks in different sections of the front and are suffering heavy losses.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

We have geared up and are gearing up.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2015

Pratt’s new engines have geared turbofans, which allow the two components to move independently.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 10, 2014

Yet there's another element at play too that perhaps should have geared the first games more in the home lower seed's favour – this year, away goals do not count double.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2012

Prof. Brown of Carlton College complains that college faculties are concerned with the mental slacker and the laggard, that they have geared their machinery to the sluggard’s pace.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston