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machine

noun as in device that performs a task

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noun as in well-run political organization

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noun as in person who acts automatically

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All of the carbon in the trees and twigs the machine ingests ends up in the ground — not back in the air.

The industrious thrum of the heavy-duty sewing machines, along with the workers' chatter, normally fills the plant with a reassuring rhythm.

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Chelsea won the Club World Cup in the summer and the Conference League in May, with Mourinho calling them a "winning machine".

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Khan's machine gun crew, along with one other, carried on fighting until they were overrun by Germans.

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"You are put on to a machine that has a needle in both arms," she said.

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