tire

Example Sentences

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It's not like you can drive your car down the road, get a flat tire, pull over, fix it and keep going.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

A great many Black people worked at the Goodyear tire plant in South Los Angeles in the 1960s and ‘70s, and at other nearby industrial companies. “You had double exposure,” Hutchinson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The economy may be less like a tire swing that always bounces back after being whacked with a stick, and more like a piñata that eventually bursts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Handhelds are having a moment as consumers tire of so-called slop bowls, a term jokingly used to describe customizable grain-and-salad meals that have become staples of the corporate office lunch.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Asked to render a bowl of grapes, I would turn in what resembled a pile of stones hovering above a whitewall tire.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris