cogs
Example Sentences
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Standing beside a machine older than her grandfather, Tessa Oldroyd feeds clay through a clanky mechanism driven by iron cogs that have been turning for more than a century.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
But they are important cogs in the markets they serve, and employ large numbers of people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
And there were two tiny brass cogs in the dirty water in the gutter by my feet, like cogs from a windup watch.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
