steel
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Hole by hole, she cut the pattern by hand, using a hair-thin steel wire and a technique that was almost monastic in its repetition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Those include a protected bay with deep channels, an entrance wide enough for ships, land for laying out the giant blades and steel towers, and access to heavy machinery to piece them together.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Jubail is home to one of the world's largest industrial cities, where steel, gasoline, petrochemicals, lubricating oil and chemical fertilisers are produced.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
The Indian government has cut liquefied petroleum gas for factories—including those making steel, cars, textiles and plastics—to 70% of prewar levels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
She was hugging me so tight her small arms felt like steel bands around my neck.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Black and Gray
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