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[hweel, weel] / ʰwil, wil /




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"After dark, floodwater is much harder to see, and it's impossible to judge how deep it is from behind the wheel," the city said in a post on Facebook.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

For the actors it was also an opportunity to reflect on the importance of friendship, and to share stories from behind the wheel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Downstairs is a small, cinderblock-enclosed ceramics studio where Herman builds his oversize vessels, starting on a wheel and then hand-building the rest of the vases before firing them in his own kiln.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Up went the oversized prayer wheel, followed by the oversized stupa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I placed my hands on the wheel and felt a vibration run through me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Now she’s returning the favor by asking a German state leader to grease the organizing wheels for the UAW at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“If my wheels ain’t turning, I ain’t earning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

They include dozens of 5-foot-8-inch, 160-pound robots on two legs or wheels, called Apollo, that trade the intense precision of a traditional robot for flexibility and mobility.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“There are no training wheels in the governor’s office,” Becerra says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She listened for the grating chug of the wheels and metal-on-metal screech of the brakes as the train rounded each curve, but it was still too far away.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

If wheeled robots move goods cheaply, reliably and efficiently or robots with just arms can do the other automated tasks, what problem does a humanoid solve?

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

TMZ published photos of someone who appears to be Graham being wheeled outside of his home and into an ambulance.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

As the hulking metal cage, weighing more than a tonne, was lowered from the truck and wheeled into the museum, the gathering burst into applause.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Finally, the long-anticipated moment arrived: Firefighters wheeled out a gurney carrying Hernán Alberto Gil Flores — a security guard who survived for more than a week trapped under a mountain of rubble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

We wheeled the barrow to the back of the cottage and let Quinby leap out.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

In another OnScene.TV video, officers were seen wheeling away someone on a gurney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I’m wheeling my bike off it with balletic ease, definitely not annoying my fellow commuters as I lug it down the stairs.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

When the convention was first announced, it sounded like it might be a thrilling opportunity to see real wheeling and dealing on a convention floor from which a nominee would eventually emerge.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

Instead of wheeling your cart out to the parking lot, a cart boy in a pressed poplin shirt hung a number on it and handed you a matching red-and-white tag.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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