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recharge

[ree-chahrj, ree-chahrj, ree-chahrj] / riˈtʃɑrdʒ, riˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈriˌtʃɑrdʒ /


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Intense rainfall may fall in the wrong locations, run off too quickly, or fail to recharge the systems that sustain the lakes.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Then it could recharge the cars battery as you travel and when you park.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

In these circumstances, the battery does not have enough capacity to deliver a full charge on both straights, and it's not possible to recover enough energy in one braking zone to fully recharge it.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

They’re useful for remote military applications, where soldiers can use them to recharge an ever-growing array of electronic devices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

For the past two sols, the batteries have taken longer to recharge.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

That includes “extended range electric vehicles,” battery-powered cars that have an onboard generator, running on gas, that recharges batteries on the fly.

From Barron's Dec. 15, 2025

It runs 15-30 minutes on a full battery, depending on the speed, and recharges in 45 minutes to about 3 hours, depending on your charger.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

Regenerative braking in EVs, which recharges the battery, does not involve friction.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2025

“You’re going to have more short-term runoff leading to more floods and less snowpack that recharges the groundwater and the groundwater is ultimately what helps maintain stream flows.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 28, 2023

Of course your Skin recharges itself and the next time you eat fish it shocks you again.

From Rastignac the Devil by Philip José Farmer

"It stores sunlight, and it can be recharged."

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

These signature rings are only as powerful as the will of the wearer and periodically need to be recharged.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

With their virtually equal split between internal combustion and electrical power, they are energy starved, and the battery is being charged and recharged several times a lap.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

The robots operate during weekday business hours and can run for 12 continuous hours before they need to be recharged.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

The Special who’d instructed her had explained that it needed as much surface area in the sun as possible while it recharged.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

And I think the electric side is going to be a lot less big in Monaco, just because we'll be recharging quite a bit with all the corners that there are.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Other agencies are recharging aquifers at dozens of sites across California and are building more facilities to replenish groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2026

The 400V battery system has a maximum recharging rate of 190 kW, restoring around 80% of capacity in 45 minutes or less.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

The distance that electric trucks can travel without recharging can be drastically cut when towing heavy loads or operating in less ideal conditions, such as cold weather.

From MarketWatch Nov. 29, 2025

"The current plan already has him recharging all day long," Venkat explained.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir



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