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motor

noun as in engine

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Propulsion is provided by twin electric motors between the rear wheels.

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China, the world’s second-largest military, plans to boost spending too, while arms production has become a motor of Russia’s economy.

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For instance, neodymium is used to make the powerful magnets used in loudspeakers, computer hard drives, electric car motors and jet engines that enable them to be smaller and more efficient.

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Northamptonshire Police said both men have also been charged with one count of conspiring to steal motor vehicles.

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Sanchez is being charged with a level five felony of battery involving serious bodily injury and three misdemeanors — battery resulting in injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication.

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