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rotary

[roh-tuh-ree] / ˈroʊ tə ri /


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The provincial health agency said in a statement on Sunday that it deployed 30 units directly into Wainwright, including 22 ground ambulances, six fixed-wing and two rotary wing units.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The compact car has a screen and modern safety features, but relies on physical buttons and a rotary control knob for a more old-school experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But what was once a small memorial is now just the base of an old rotary phone without the handset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Next to the black rotary phone, which used to belong to Bozeman’s mother, a pink rock appeared one day with the words, “You are Beautiful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Also, there was a phone in the room, but it had a tiny lock on its rotary dial so that you could not use it without a key.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

But he also sees a unique set of challenges in Boston, pointing to a city that’s “not gridded” and has “windy streets, poor weather, lots of roundabouts or rotaries, crazy intersections.”

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018

Little details would amaze him, like touch-tone phones that replaced the bulky rotaries everyone had used when he went away.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2015

Farther south along Main, past a couple more rotaries, you’ll find Manchester Village.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2014

Signs and public-service announcements have taught Americans how to negotiate their new rotaries.

From Economist ● Oct. 3, 2013

The rotaries went dead when the ship started gyrating.

From The Sky Trap by Frank Belknap Long


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