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Recent Examples of engine
While Ayase Ueda is the team’s striker, Kubo is the engine that drives Japan into advantageous positions.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Most Americans who live in remote places want the option of flying for its speed and convenience, and airports can be economic engines that drive business and tourism.
—Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 May 2026
The team left one of its cars in Sakura, Japan — Honda’s engine factory — following the race in Suzuka, allowing the engineers to evaluate the vibration issues further.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Whiteboard Wasiu is the VP of Brainstorming, responsible for the creative engine behind the platform.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Most Americans who live in remote places want the option of flying for its speed and convenience, and airports can be economic engines that drive business and tourism.
—Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 May 2026
The team left one of its cars in Sakura, Japan — Honda’s engine factory — following the race in Suzuka, allowing the engineers to evaluate the vibration issues further.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Whiteboard Wasiu is the VP of Brainstorming, responsible for the creative engine behind the platform.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engine
Noun
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The actress continued to argue there are limits to what machines can replicate.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Yet masculinism also functions as a perpetual-motion machine of grievance, an inarticulate howl of anguish at the status quo—whatever that currently is.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Noun
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In some cases, these ducts are controlled manually with cables and vacuum motors; in other cases, they are computer-controlled with electric motors and sensors.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Just as watching someone reach for an object activates your own motor representations, the researchers found that watching someone else recoil in disgust activates your own disgust system.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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