bearings
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Then once he started to find his bearings, UCLA’s coach was fired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Morgan Stanley projected annual bearings sales tied to robotics will rise from about 200 million units in 2025 to more than 40 billion units by 2050.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The second is the component layer beneath them, the motors, reducers, bearings, sensors, and power content inside the machines themselves.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
GM built trucks, tanks, guns, shells, ball bearings, aircraft and ship engines for the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
They scrambled down the path to the stream at its bottom, frantically trying to get their bearings, but they had no idea which direction to turn.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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