inlet
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It also employs variable inlet geometry that instantly and precisely meters boost, air charge and bypass, reducing throttle latency and increasing efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
That's because fish have to swim within two metres of the pipe inlet heads, and the estuary is 22km wide at that point.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
After a large-scale search, his body was found about 600m from the entrance to a culvert inlet behind Northwood Road in north Belfast.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Scotland's First Minister John Swinney however expressed dismay that he had only heard about the tanker being in the Scottish inlet of Moray Firth via media reports.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
As the compass pointed across the water, the dragon swam the inlet with Minli riding his back.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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“Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2025
The FAA airworthiness directive on the 787 states that “damage was found during overhaul on multiple inlets around the Engine Anti-Ice duct within the inlet aft compartment.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Suddenly, at the beach, there was life everywhere: fish frothing in the surf, fish flooding inlets.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
There were inlets and small bays where you could gather your companions and vessels together before setting off.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023
Then, 2,500 years ago, there was a glorious awakening in Ionia: on Samos and the other nearby Greek colonies that grew up among the islands and inlets of the busy eastern Aegean Sea.'
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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She was about to reach and, as Ab supposed, pass one of the inletting paths entering almost at right angles from the left.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo