wheels

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Over an hour into a high-speed chase with the suspect, the sheriff’s department botched the deployment of a “grappler” net system intended to entangle the back wheels of the car to slow it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

When two MC-130Js, a special-operations aircraft, landed in a makeshift forward-operating base inside Iran they ran into problems when their nose wheels sank into the ground and couldn’t take off, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

For example, they can control a robot's wheels, arms, or fingers to complete a task.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet households are still spending enough money to keep the wheels of the economy turning.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Desks pushed to the wall, a few chairs, and a chalkboard on wheels.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin