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machine

[muh-sheen] / məˈʃin /


NOUN
well-run political organization
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A few scenes later, a pelican switches on a cotton candy machine with its bill, sending hot sugar whirring through the air — seriously — and I nearly applauded in delight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The country’s export machine continues to hum but its economic growth has become increasingly lopsided.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Their work involved doing unnecessary things "a machine would not do", he told the BBC.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Today, camouflaged National Guard troops patrol Uruapan with rifles nestled, or cruise the streets in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

I closed my laptop and scooted away from it, glaring at the machine.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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