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treadmill

[tred-mil] / ˈtrɛdˌmɪl /


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It’s full of fantastical inventions, such as flying cars, dinner-generating machines and canine treadmills—complete with fire hydrants.

From The Wall Street Journal

The middle class is on a treadmill, and every year the belt speeds up.

From BBC

The Dutch athlete, who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in a Games record time, sustained the injury when training on a treadmill six weeks ago.

From BBC

In a 28-page document reviewed by Barron’s, the firm styled SoFi as a “financial engineering treadmill” rather than a growing business and alleged it served to enrich its executives while diluting shareholders.

From Barron's

The pattern holds whether scientists are testing how fast lizards run on a treadmill, measuring how sharks swim in the ocean, or tracking how quickly bacterial cells divide.

From Science Daily