the rev
Example Sentences
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"We just heard this squeal, the rev of an engine and a huge, loud impact," Kimberly Stricklen, a visitor to New Orleans, told Reuters.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
The early morning air was filled with tire smoke and the sounds of car engines bouncing off the rev limiter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Text alerts go out instantly to Tembé patrols when Google’s cloud computing detects the rev of a chainsaw.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2022
I want to talk about how the rev share works on Nebula.
From The Verge ● May 17, 2022
Johnson was desirous that it should come from one who had obtained academical honours; and for that purpose his friend, the rev.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
