stopwatch
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Training was pared back on Thursday after Jaissle - stopwatch hanging from his neck - recognised the legs of his squad were "heavy".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
In recent months, the iconic ticking stopwatch of the CBS News magazine “60 Minutes” began to sound like a time bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
The persistent, rhythmic ticking of the “60 Minutes” stopwatch is like the heartbeat of American investigative journalism.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
In the meantime, he resolved to keep the time on his stopwatch to himself.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
In the church, Ferrari and his workers have their stopwatches out to time the Maserati.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Even among the irrepressible talents of his co-stars, Perry stood out, for a rubbery, heedless way with physical comedy and a split-second timing that most stopwatches would envy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Discovering how workers could perform more efficiently often meant timing their movements with stopwatches to make sure they did not attach parts or move levers inefficiently.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
All those electrifying sprinters from March, April and May aren’t worried what stopwatches are saying right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Unable to catch him on their stopwatches, some of them began to circulate old rumors that Seabiscuit was lame.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
