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rotary

[roh-tuh-ree] / ˈroʊ tə ri /


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The provincial health agency said in a statement on Sunday that it deployed 30 units directly into Wainwright, including 22 ground ambulances, six fixed-wing and two rotary wing units.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Most of the script’s energy goes to talking about typesetting and rotary press flongs, but right before the end credits roll, “Le Faux Soir” blurts out its timeliness about combating Le Fox News with comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The compact car has a screen and modern safety features, but relies on physical buttons and a rotary control knob for a more old-school experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

To the west in Duarte, an old tan rotary phone with a very long cord hangs on a tree in a garden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

General Peckem rose and moved toward a rotary rack of enormous colored maps.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

But he also sees a unique set of challenges in Boston, pointing to a city that’s “not gridded” and has “windy streets, poor weather, lots of roundabouts or rotaries, crazy intersections.”

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018

Modern roundabouts are smaller than old rotaries like the La Salle circle, which allow high speeds.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2016

Farther south along Main, past a couple more rotaries, you’ll find Manchester Village.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2014

Signs and public-service announcements have taught Americans how to negotiate their new rotaries.

From Economist ● Oct. 3, 2013

Jet drilling, now available, cracks and crumbles stone layers by thermally induced expansion and is somewhere between 3 and 5 times faster than rotaries.

From The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.


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