traction
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Traction tires were required for vehicles traveling through Stevens Pass and chains were required on all vehicles except all wheel drive traveling through Snoqualmie Pass Sunday evening.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022
Traction Pad provides the perfect spot for a surfer’s back foot to land on when popping up on a wave or prepping maneuvers while riding down the face of a wave.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022
A seminal one concerns the Citroën Traction Avant, an influential sedan built from 1934 to 1957.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022
The loveable locomotive of The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited lived in the top left-hand corner of Wales surrounded by his eccentric friends.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2019
Each of them owned one hundred shares of Traction stock; he was not thinking of this, but of Evelyn, whose signature held his eye.
From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith
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