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wheel

[hweel, weel] / ʰwil, wil /




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For the minister behind the Department for Infrastructure reforms, Sinn Féin's Liz Kimmins, graduated driver licensing is about reducing the risks faced by those getting behind the wheel for the first time.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In another use case, traders might deliver a more-specific command to their agents: “Run the wheel strategy,” a popular stock-options trade that aims to generate income by selling cash-secured puts and covered calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

He made a mistake in qualifying, took a wheel off on an inside wall, and started 16th.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

I pulled into the driveway of my little rental house and sat behind the wheel in silence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

My fingers itched to feed one thing through the wheel and watch it transform to another before my very eyes.

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

Crucially, with the broader market spinning its wheels of late, surging earnings mean price-to-earnings multiples have dropped.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Its meals on wheels and social clubs rely on volunteers and their vehicles.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

DETROIT—Growing up here, in the city that put Americans on wheels, taught me a lot about hard work and opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Zayd doesn’t properly know how to ride a two-wheeler yet, since Baba just took off his training wheels last weekend.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

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

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

On the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing, children and adults wheeled their luggage or carried belongings atop their heads, as they moved from desk to desk to log their arrival.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Overhead, terns and Cape pigeons wheeled, and a giant snow petrel flew on snow-white wings; the birds were a sure sign that open water was near.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

After a career involving stints in the civil service and British Telecom, Viv became "Del Boy on legs" as a "wheeling and dealing" antique dealer in her late 40s.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

The wheeling of the night on its silent trunnions.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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