cylinder
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Now bend the paper into a cylinder without stretching or tearing it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
I’m not sold on the V4’s cylinder deactivation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
He considered different shapes for the container -- like a square or even a star -- but thought it best to avoid having seams and joints, so a stainless steel cylinder won the day.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
A towering cylinder of stone sat in the center of the cave.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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"Let's not pull any punches here. I'm firing on all cylinders at the moment. I feel fantastic. I'm 38 years young."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The restaurant was firing on all cylinders, and with its fourth star in hand, its profile was at an all-time high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Four larger cylinders were positioned on a rotating carousel in a configuration resembling four candlesticks on an old-fashioned chandelier.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Businesses face an array of challengers, however, so the economy isn’t firing on all cylinders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
In practice, the engine was used to power ornamental fountains, but not to pump water out of mines, because Savery could not build boilers and cylinders which would sustain a sufficiently high pressure.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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