motor
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Her efforts are in ample evidence in the exciting opening moments of “Drive My Car,” with a rhythm section that sounds, appropriately enough, like a motor thrumming to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Average US diesel prices have surged more than 70 percent to $6.39 a gallon since the start of the Iran war, according to AAA motor club data.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Food supply chains, motor vehicles and parts, household furnishings, apparel, recreational goods and some nondurable goods are among the categories most likely to experience “meaningful spillovers” from higher diesel prices, they said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
He had played in the previous year's final, before being diagnosed with motor neurone disease, forcing an early retirement.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Yao was already heading out with the motor as others were holding bundled-up nets and fish traps.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The new model's electric motors are potent, producing about 1000 horsepower and allowing it to accelerate from 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Chief among Jonas’s callouts is China’s control of magnetic rare earths, which are used to make motors that are key to actuation systems.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
They have become a hallmark of modern devices, with smartphones, watches and video game controllers among those containing small motors that move in response to specific electronic signals.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Calls have grown for these levies to be extended to hybrid vehicles, which combine electric motors and internal combustion engines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Back of him he heard other cars pulling out from the curb, with throbbing motors and shrieking sirens.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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The day after Ida struck, Story motored through the bayou in his boat, photographing his camp and others to reassure neighbors their cabins had survived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
As the boat motored across the sea, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila said other nations should come to Cuba's aid.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
As the Zodiac motored into the harbor, Dillais carried fishing gear for cover.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
Then at Real Madrid, Bale scored a sensational solo goal as he picked the ball up in his own half, motored past Iceland's flailing defenders and fired into the bottom corner.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
Then we started the engine and motored down the inky East River with the tall, checkered buildings blinking down at us.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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The rest—the models, the step and repeats, the Veuve Clicquot, the British motoring journalists complaining about the size of said sashimi—felt like a solid, traditional 9.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Average UK diesel prices have hit a record high, according to the RAC motoring organisation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Diesel prices have hit an all-time high of 199.18p per litre, according to the motoring organisation RAC, as the war in the Middle East continues to push up the cost of fuel.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Engelsman and Holland are an already established double act as the presenters of Throttle House, a motoring YouTube channel with more than three million subscribers.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
With a direction to aim for, the engine man hunkers down and grips the controls, motoring our little dinghy through choppy water.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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