pedal
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Tesla executives disputed Butler’s account, saying on social media the car’s driver pressed the accelerator pedal down and kept it pressed even after the crash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Founded in 2025, Humble Robotics is building self-driving freight trucks with no steering wheel, driver’s seat or gas pedal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
However, Tesla’s vice president of AI and software, Ashok Elluswamy said that the driver manually pressed the car’s accelerator pedal down, in a post on social-media platform X.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Caspian “C-Bird” Hollywell’s wide-eyed, frenetic energy and howling vocals come up against the sweet, mournful steel pedal guitar of suit-and-tie-wearing “Razor” Ramon Santos.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
I did this by depressing the brake pedal very carefully and very slowly.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
Vocabulary lists containing pedal
Body Language: Ped, Pod ("Foot")
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