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cog

[kog, kawg] / kɒg, kɔg /


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“If technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity,” he wrote.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Her look evolves from a worn-out cog to a biker-like granny who’d seem natural riding on the back of Dennis Hopper’s hog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

Dipu was a small cog in Bangladesh's garment export machine, working for the past 14 months at the Pioneer Knitwear factory.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

The cog went up and down, bucking more wildly than any horse he’d ever ridden, lifting with each wave before sliding down into the troughs between, jarring him to the bones.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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