nuts and bolts

Example Sentences

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“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

Consider the personal-finance nuts and bolts involved in that kind of situation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

But China has a broad supply chain of manufacturers that make the nuts and bolts of humanoids, including sensors, batteries and other components.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

It will take longer to thrash out the nuts and bolts that would need to underpin a complex agreement.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

There were small nuts and bolts, and screws, and tiny fragments of metal and rubber.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins