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Recent Examples of cable
Inside the workshop Fox News Digital visited, workers moved rapidly between tables stacked with propellers, fiber-optic cable and other classified drone components.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
For his grand entrance, Hart was scheduled to descend on a cable from a catwalk into the ring.
—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Built for real work The robot can also rotate joints continuously because engineers eliminated cables running across joints, reducing wear and allowing greater freedom of motion.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
Then, there are the nice-to-have accessories that just make life easier, like a $10 cable organizer pouch and a passport holder with RFID-blocking capabilities for only $8.
—Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
For his grand entrance, Hart was scheduled to descend on a cable from a catwalk into the ring.
—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Built for real work The robot can also rotate joints continuously because engineers eliminated cables running across joints, reducing wear and allowing greater freedom of motion.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
Then, there are the nice-to-have accessories that just make life easier, like a $10 cable organizer pouch and a passport holder with RFID-blocking capabilities for only $8.
—Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cable
Noun
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Despite being tethered to equipment with wires and tubes, the little boy managed to stand up near his wheelchair long enough to toss her a ball.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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OpenClaw is an open framework that wires models into real work.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Noun
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When Gualtieri found his feet, Jones stalked him back to the ropes and put him away with a vicious uppercut.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Rhodes staggered and Zayn bounced off the rope and pushed Rhodes onto the announce table.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Noun
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In the Cypress-Fairbanks district, near Houston, an officer hogtied a 10-year-old boy with a behavioral disorder who had kicked the principal, using a cord to bind his hands and feet behind his back, an internal investigation found.—
Clare Amari,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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And as squirrel numbers proliferate, so do their attacks on the holiday lights, whose electrical cords are coated with an apparently tasty derivative of corn sugar.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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“Cable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cable. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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