locomotive
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The locomotive hauling the market higher is the surprising resilience of both the economy and the consumer presently on show.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
His days on the railroad involved long hours shoveling coal into the furnaces that fed locomotive steam engines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The long-standing model cast CENP-E as the locomotive pulling lagging chromosomes into place.
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
Merck shares have floundered this year, as the company speeds like a whistling locomotive toward the expiration of the patents protecting its megablockbuster cancer immunotherapy Keytruda.
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
It’s shiny silver and resembles an RV—has a door and wide windows on the sides—but it also has a smokestack and big wheels with pistons like a locomotive.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing locomotive
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