nozzle
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Railroads and truckers—many transporting goods from West Coast ports—pay through the nozzle and pass on some of their higher costs to customers across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
With crude oil topping $100 a barrel, and the average price of gas in the state approaching $5.50 a gallon, every touch of the nozzle is painful for California drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
"It can look down and spray a nozzle when the sensors pick a weed, while we're going around 15 miles an hour," Leguee says.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
HITS-Bio uses a digitally controlled nozzle array, an arrangement of multiple nozzles that moves in three dimensions and allows researchers to manipulate several spheroids at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
“What's that?” another judge asked, pointing at the nozzle, and I got my chance to expound on what it was for, how its dimensions were calculated, and what it did.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Musk said the car was equipped with 10 nozzles and "ultra high-pressure air tanks" to propel itself into the air and accelerate quickly on the ground.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The availability of charging stations also plays a huge role in how fast people buy electric vehicles, and California now boasts more EV chargers than gasoline nozzles, according to the Energy Commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Plant officials said that levels in the Danube were so low that the suction nozzles used to take in water could not reach it.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The more viscous material can clog up factories’ spray nozzles, resulting in spotty, unevenly colored candy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Then came a spray of EnviroChem, coming out of nozzles all up and down the sides of the air lock, which deconned her space suit.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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