wheel
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That is also true among people who went to Las Vegas and gambled their savings on a spin of the wheel, and those who bought lottery tickets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The entertainment was provided by Leclerc and Verstappen, initially wheel to wheel and then at a distance as divergent strategies played out.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Note how the wheels of the S5 do not extend to the vertical edge of the wheel wells but are rather overhung slightly by the wheel arches, making them look smaller—and weaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Because it’s true, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
I can make out barely a silhouette, but the man in the driving seat raises a hand off the steering wheel in greeting and Eliza waves back affectionately in return.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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The jury heard the mark could only have been made by the wheels being turned while the car was stationary.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“He can take anything, and it gets his wheels churning until it’s something that fits us,” Northwestern head coach David Braun said of Kelly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
There, he uses a special sit-ski with a board and wheels.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
“His wheels weren’t hot enough to get away!” the police department wrote in the post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
I cannot wait to see what it feels like on my wheels.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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McConnell, played by Mikey Day, was wheeled onto the set and struggled to deliver his lines, while Jeremy Culhane’s Vance was quickly dismissed after introducing himself.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Survivors wheeled and circled above the wreckage for days, and injured birds straggling ashore were killed by Angelenos looking for a free meal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
If wheeled robots move goods cheaply, reliably and efficiently or robots with just arms can do the other automated tasks, what problem does a humanoid solve?
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
As the hulking metal cage, weighing more than a tonne, was lowered from the truck and wheeled into the museum, the gathering burst into applause.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I left Katrien in the dining room, wheeled my bicycle down the stairs, and bumped as fast as I could the mile and a half to Nollie’s.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Burnham knew, the world knows, how explosive these rolling, free wheeling, live on camera encounters with Trump can go.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In another OnScene.TV video, officers were seen wheeling away someone on a gurney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
I’m wheeling my bike off it with balletic ease, definitely not annoying my fellow commuters as I lug it down the stairs.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The sound of the gulls wheeling and squawking wildly caught David’s attention, snapped him out of it, and he shook his head again, stood.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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