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mechanic

[muh-kan-ik] / məˈkæn ɪk /
NOUN
machinist
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In 2021, when Osborn was still working as a mechanic at a Kellogg's plant and leading the local food workers' union, he helped lead a 77-day strike against the US cereal giant.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Kushner’s father, who had worked as an Army mechanic in World War II, told her years later that he had never been more terrified than when he took her to have that abortion.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

"If I had known how close I would have come to death on that day, I wouldn't have gone into that restaurant to eat. Only we don't know how close death is," the mechanic says.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The Integratron collection captures the curious life of Van Tassel, an aviation mechanic and test pilot who claimed to have communicated with Solganda, a being from Venus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Atik had been raised in Anchor­ age and knew very little about hunting, for his father had been a mechanic.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

He worked as an Uber driver, studied for a mechanics qualification at Uxbridge College and had no convictions since entering the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The group: the drivers, mechanics and entire entourage of auto racing’s Formula One.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

My colleague Alex Galbraith recently argued that food may be where consumers most easily recognize the otherwise abstract mechanics of private equity.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

In a deeply reported article, Claudia Assis outlined the mechanics of the global refining market to explain why diesel prices remain stubbornly high and how that is affecting businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Marina led the way, taking off in a Pe-2 with three men: her gunner, Nikolai Erofeev; one of the mechanics, Vladimir Kruglov; and Kirill.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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