shaft
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And yet, Gellar has gotten the shaft time and again, unable to fully break free from the characters she’s known for to craft a new on-screen persona that fans can fall in love with.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Italian golfer Andrea Pavan has been seriously injured after falling multiple floors down an open lift shaft before this week's South African Open.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
For your mechanic’s future reference, the fuel pump is now inside the crankcase, being driven by the engine balance shaft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
It was at a tunnel shaft next to a mosque in northern Gaza.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The cross-staff is a very simple instrument, a calibrated shaft along which a bar slides.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing shaft
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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