stationary
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So we spent 45 minutes in a dimly lit room riding stationary bikes at intense speeds while an instructor shouted affirmations from the front of the room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Liz Kimmins' proposals include making it illegal to overtake a bus when it is stationary.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Earlier studies showed that this region stayed near the equator and remained mostly stationary during the same period.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Ford Motor, for example, shut down a new EV battery plant in Kentucky earlier this year and plans to swap out its equipment to produce stationary batteries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Aristotle thought the earth was stationary and that the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars moved in circular orbits about the earth.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing stationary
Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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