drive
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The second series of Passenger Princess, her comedy series which sees her interview some of Formula 1's biggest names while learning how to drive, has just dropped on YouTube.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
German armsmaker Rheinmetall on Wednesday reported record profit as the tank gun maker cashes in on Europe's rearmament drive.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Financial advisers drive referrals to the private bank’s mortgage unit and get a fee, expressed as a percentage of the total dollar amount of the mortgage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It says Burnham is sounding "calls for consensus" on "social care crisis", inviting "Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey to discuss how to drive urgent reforms".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Oh. That’s too far in this weather. My grandma won’t drive in the snow, and you probably don’t want to be stranded at my house until your parents can get you.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Mosley said the company expects “durable long-term demand for mass capacity storage” as artificial-intelligence drives the creation of more data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Pugsley is more quietly spoken than his boss, but very much on the same page about what drives them both to make tower blocks safer.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
While the air freight unit once again drives earnings, AI could deliver additional productivity starting in 2027, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The latest blows came Thursday as Google-parent Alphabet and Tesla came under scrutiny for massive capital spending drives.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sometimes that drives me to work even harder; other times, it fills me with panic to think I might fall short of what we both expect from me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Drive me not from thee, as I drave thee from me!
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
To her eyes this was infinity, and the purple mist in which the ships drave was ultimate mystery.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin
So when he was in all wise prepared and perceiving that his enemy was also ready, he shouted to the charge and therewith drave forward in the assault.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard
No one now uses he spake, and he drave, instead of he spoke, and he drove; holpen is replaced by helped; holden by held; shapen by shaped.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
He was silent for a space, his eyes gleamed with an inner fire, and the wind that had arisen drave among his black locks.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The Latin America market drove strength in second-quarter sales, and the Oreo and Cadbury owner now expects at least 2% growth in organic net revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Twice when we drove along it, we saw an Israeli settler sitting in the empty fields.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The restaurant chain reported higher profit in its second quarter as increased customer traffic from menu innovation and marketing efforts drove revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"On the way to the hospital, we drove past KFC so that must have been why it was in my head," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It docked and lowered a ramp, and the vehicles drove on board.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The group said the performance was driven by growth in all regions, with the exception of the Middle East, which showed good resilience in a challenging environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The decrease was driven by higher selling, general and administrative costs, which more than offset a slight uptick in sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Swiss banking giant UBS reported Wednesday that net profit rose 17 percent to $2.8 billion in the second quarter, driven by its investment banking arm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
South Korea's SK hynix said Wednesday second-quarter net profit soared a whopping 1,242 percent year-on-year, driven by the artificial intelligence industry's explosive demand for its advanced memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
A car was waiting, and Powers allowed himself to believe he was about to be driven to the American embassy and set free.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Smartphone memory prices surged more than 80% in the second quarter from the previous quarter, driving a nearly 50% year-over-year increase in manufacturing costs for flagship models, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I didn’t understand how anybody could be going about their lives, just driving and making plans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
He acknowledged steps taken to reduce the effect of energy recovery on driving over the next two seasons as "the right thing for the sport".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
It is often their parents who are the driving force behind ring-fencing those inheritances.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Even the car wants us to stop driving and go home.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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