cog

Example Sentences

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Among the targets in recent days was the IRGC’s Tharallah headquarters on Sunday, a central cog in the forces’ protest-suppression machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“I do think Google’s self-sufficiency should command a premium relative to the others that could be adversely impacted by one cog in the wheel,” Treacy said, referring to Google’s proprietary tensor processing units.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

McNulty, who is from County Donegal, said: "It's insane, I feel like a little cog in this very massive machine."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

But he figures to be a key cog in their bullpen again next season, in what will be his last before reaching free agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

"The great cog Saduleon is berthed at the end of the quay, and the galleys Summer Sun and Joso’s Prank are anchored beyond the breakwater."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin