the rev

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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

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

How do you make sure the rev split is equal?

From The Verge • May 17, 2022

But the CR-V’s turbocharged engine develops peak torque earlier in the rev range, and the continuously variable automatic transmission keeps it in the sweet spot more easily.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

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