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grinder

[grahyn-der] / ˈgraɪn dər /
NOUN
hero
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NOUN
submarine
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
hero hoagy




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Monson de Kansky was performing in the role of a street dancer in the ballet “Petrouchka,” and Igor played the organ grinder.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Traditionally, the beans are ground with a tool resembling a mortar and pestle but, for the sake of speed, Netsi now uses a small electric grinder.

From BBC May 31, 2026

Max Parke has been visiting the bridge since December, equipped with noise-cancelling earbuds, a high-vis vest and an angle grinder.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

Electronic tchotchkes are ubiquitous but many people have little or no access to nutritious food or health care as our environment is run through a meat grinder and set on fire.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2026

Somebody had found a cache of coffee beans about two months earlier, and they had sent to Saigon for a coffee grinder.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Generators, metal grinders and backhoes to clear debris are also desperately needed, affected residents say.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

French investigators have collected more than 150 samples of DNA, fingerprints and other forensic traces from the scene, including from a helmet, angle grinders, gloves and a vest abandoned by the perpetrators, according to prosecutors.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

Mr Knight said Max had to be anaesthetised with a blow dart before emergency services cut through the bars of the cage using angle grinders.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

The high-pitched sounds of Mexico City’s organ grinders and the hum of a chatty crowd open Latin Mafia’s debut album, “Todos los dias todo el dia.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2024

The transport sphere plowed along the trench, past all the fortified city’s defenses: walls, moats, machicolations, crossbow cannons, drawbridges, bristling spear pits, bladed gates, and giant mechanical grinders.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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