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tandem

[tan-duhm] / ˈtæn dəm /
NOUN
bicycle
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“That scene is a set piece that requires you to work in tandem and you need somebody to hit it back with the same intensity and the same speed.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Neither does their ability to compete at the highest level when they are in tandem.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The 30-year rate rises and falls in tandem with the 10-year Treasury note BX:TMUBMUSD10Y.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

“One of the hardest things to do in the NBA is to get one superstar,” Frank said the day he introduced his new star tandem.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

We don’t bother much with the formalities anymore when we greet each other; we smile and move off, in tandem, traveling smoothly along our daily track.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

The teams around Denver all have superstar tandems.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

As well as standard racing bikes with modifications where required and tandems, the Para-cycling road programme also features handcycling and trike races.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2024

The authors of the study remark that the current official record in efficiency for organic tandem devices is 14,2% and that the last reported PCE for 4-terminal organic tandems is 6.5% .

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

DRE GREENLAW, inside linebacker: Greenlaw and Fred Warner form one of the NFL’s best linebacker tandems.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2024

Horace continued rather sulky for the first few miles, and only opened to anathematize, briefly but comprehensively, steeple-chases, tandems, deans and tutors, and "fellows like Hurst."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various




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