treadmill
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drill, grind, groove, lockstep, pattern, rote, routine, rut
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The Duke of Cambridge also met service users taking part in physical rehabilitation therapies, including an anti-gravity treadmill which allows those with lower limb injuries to exercise freely without putting their full weight on their feet. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, "The Meaningful Reason Prince William Is Asking People to Start Texting More," 9 Sep. 2019 Aina asks the model to run for a few minutes on a treadmill, just enough so that her face develops a light sheen of sweat. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Jackie Aina Investigates the Age-Old Beauty Question: What Exactly Is Setting Spray?," 4 Sep. 2019 In addition to the K.P.S. scale, researchers had used an exercise-tolerance test, which assesses a person’s physiological responses to walking on a treadmill. — Mike Mariani, The New Yorker, "A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue," 3 Sep. 2019 Health apps have the potential to misuse data, exacerbate eating disorders and keep people permanently on a treadmill. — The Economist, "The business of the body," 11 July 2019 Rowbury has been doing much of her training on anti-gravity treadmill. — oregonlive.com, "Konstanze Klosterhalfen doubles up, and Craig Engels busts loose at the Portland Track Festival," 9 June 2019 Later, Liliom hurries to a robbery that will prove fatal along a narrow treadmill. — New York Times, "20th-Century Rogues’ Gallery Gets a Modern Twist," 12 Sep. 2019 NordicTrack sent a technician over, who disassembled and then reassembled the treadmill. — Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, "Problem Solved: Help! My NordicTrack keeps freezing up and no one can fix it," 25 Aug. 2019 Johnson had spent the past few years of his career on the blockbuster treadmill making Star Wars: The Last Jedi and then enduring waves of hype, online trolling, praise, and backlash for the inimitable sequel. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "TIFF 2019: Nine Movies to Pay Attention to This Awards Season," 10 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'treadmill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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