cogs
Example Sentences
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The risk, he said, is that humans will be reduced “to mere cogs in a system driven toward ever greater efficiency.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Ships like these are allegedly cogs in a maritime smuggling network known as the "shadow fleet", skirting sanctions by passing themselves off as cargo vessels on legitimate business.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Arsenal have added two important cogs to the spine of their team with the signing of midfielder Martin Zubimendi and striker Viktor Gyokeres.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025
One of the most prolific cogs in Li’s motorcade, according to civil and criminal cases, was a Chinese national named Hailong Zhu.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
To their number the fleet had added nine new prizes taken on the seas, so the sum was fifty-four... but the captured ships were cogs and fishing boats, merchantmen and slavers, not warships.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
