clockwork
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Your attorney should coordinate your will, beneficiary designations, charitable gifts and executor stipulations so they all work like clockwork.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Only a problem now could cost him a victory and the car ran like clockwork to the end for Ferrari's first victory since Mexico 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
A wrist upgrade never hurts, especially if he’s the type who doesn’t always run like clockwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The ones that have been running for a while are always slower, like a clockwork toy that just won't wind.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
In these clocks, atoms are held in place by laser beams arranged in a lattice and serve as extremely precise "clockworks."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
When the Victorian-era clockworks began to tick in 1859, it was the largest, most accurate four-sided striking timepiece in the world.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
In the meantime, craftsmen from Smith Bell and Clock Service removed the clockworks, including the clock’s four faces and dials and are storing them while the case is restored.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2020
The rapid-fire labor-intensiveness of Mr. Marclay’s effort also emphasizes the laborious, collaborative nature of films — that they are themselves elaborate clockworks of actors, directors, cinematographers, set and costume designers and makeup artists.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2011
There was a small workbench at one end, and it was covered in little mechanical creatures made out of clockworks, and magic tricks of all shapes and sizes, which Hugo had made himself.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
