springs

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But the market is slower and less competitive than past springs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Many physical systems behave like tiny oscillating objects, similar to springs or pendulums.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

A decade ago, Nike created mysterious prototypes featuring giant soles and rigid interior plates that functioned like springs, unleashing the “super shoe” era across the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Born in 1982 in Kabusa, which lies within the FCT, Isaac David remembers a childhood of streams and farmland where families drank water from springs and cultivated land that had sustained them for generations.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It can make about fifteen or eighteen miles an hour—quite fast enough when you have no windshield and no springs.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien