nuts and bolts
Example Sentences
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Chinese nuts and bolts quicker than Usain Bolt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“If you don’t know the ins and outs and nuts and bolts inside City Hall, how are you going to be mayor?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
A nuts and bolts player, who has had a breakthrough.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Also, that the nuts and bolts for the on-board camera are screwed tight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Somehow I’ve almost blocked from my mind that I’m an assemblage of nuts and bolts and carbon graphite.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
