ignition key
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“If you had a car in a garage for 30 to 50 years and one day you insert the ignition key, how confident are you that it will start?” he asked.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
The seat belt, ignition key and gear shift are all on the wrong side.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2017
O'Malley, who turned the ignition key on his candidacy Saturday in Baltimore, is No. 4.
From US News ● Jun. 1, 2015
He twisted his wrist as if turning the ignition key on a car.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2014
And then my serious trouble began, for though the tractor was in its usual place the ignition key was gone.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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