crank
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He also visited Willow, a roughly $9 billion oil project by ConocoPhillips that is due to enter production in 2029 and crank out 180,000 barrels of oil a day at its peak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The jobs report sharply exceeded forecasts, stoking fears that the Federal Reserve will crank interest rates higher by its December policy meeting.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
So crank up the Victrola, press play on Spotify and nestle into your headphones.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
El Niño years are typically hotter, and energy consumption rises as people crank the AC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Zu helped him place the nuts back in their sockets and slowly crank the car back down.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
What a setback for anyone who saw a childhood ruined by Bucky Dent, or yanks the plug when the jukebox cranks up Billy Joel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The partition that once sealed out the cranks and mediocrities has been permanently sundered.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
He sings the chorus, then cranks up the tempo a notch and suddenly starts belting the Beatles’ “Get Back,” before smoothly transitioning once more into his own song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Zeldin was less willing to laugh off the concerns of cranks.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025
She cranks up the radio when it conies on.”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
Shoaib Bashir almost got Mitchell to sweep to Archer, who cranked up for a final spell before the close.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I just cranked up the leverage and prayed to Jeff,” Gallo says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Now they are working on a backlog, while players and their agents have no doubt tried to exploit the time pressure that has been cranked up.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Once Hana gets involved in her illicit money-making scheme, the narrative changes gear, tension levels are cranked up and what started out as a straightforward study of friendship turns into a fast-paced story of survival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Of course I do, Frankie thought now as he cranked the engine to life.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
The food-and-beverage industry has been cranking out new products to cut through consumer malaise and compete with retailers’ store-brand products, which are cheaper but at times just as innovative.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Beijing introduced new rules this month cracking down on overseas investments, citing national security concerns and cranking up curbs on buying US shares that were imposed on Chinese investors in May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The factory that built it now belongs to Tesla, cranking out electric vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
This gives the heart a bigger job of pumping it around the body and it copes by dialling up the blood pressure - a bit like cranking the tap on a garden hose pipe.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
I’m bone-tired from cranking on that winch but too excited to go to bed yet, so I go out on the dock and stand there under all the stars and admire the boat.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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