clock
Example Sentences
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Rather, Meeks merely asks us to clock the humanity in our every minute of observing Cody, to recognize what struggling looks like whether we “know” someone going through it or not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Less than a minute remained on the clock during the biggest chess match of Bodhana Sivanandan’s short career last weekend, but to her, it was practically an eternity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"These are old ships. It's not like they're even state-of-the-art. And they take a lot of maintenance, a lot of work. It's around the clock."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rescue workers in Colombia are working against the clock to free survivors trapped in buildings and under rubble following Monday's powerful earthquake.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“But the grandfather clock can’t tell you when that might happen.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
