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Recent Examples of cog
Transfer losses Kellan Wyatt — The 6-foot-2, 262-pound linebacker was a key cog in the defense’s 3-4 alignment.
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
Peterson was a key cog in the 13-win season, securing a game-sealing interception in the memorable Buffalo game.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Copper and Dolson were key cogs on the Sky’s 2021 championship team.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
New York had rested three key cogs in OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson and Josh Hart, making the loss palatable.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
Peterson was a key cog in the 13-win season, securing a game-sealing interception in the memorable Buffalo game.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Copper and Dolson were key cogs on the Sky’s 2021 championship team.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
New York had rested three key cogs in OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson and Josh Hart, making the loss palatable.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
Noun
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The prosecution first brought forward former InterContinental Hotel assistant security director Israel Florez, now an LAPD officer.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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To answer them, our own Adam Tyner teamed up with Matt Giani, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and his graduate assistant, Franchesca Lyra.—
Michael J. Petrilli,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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The groups slapped by the new sanctions, issued by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), include the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), an AEOI subordinate.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rudin had been a prolific producer of artistically ambitious, and often successful, work, but was dogged for decades by complaints about yelling at, firing and occasionally hurling things at subordinates.—
Michael Paulson,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the mornings, some managers might even dispatch an underling to scout a location for picnicking later on and proceed to give that person part of the day off.—
Kholood Eid,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The 18-month program was like a scene out of The Bear, with abusive head chefs berating their underlings.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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On average, a college graduate earns $32,000 more in a year than a worker with only a high school diploma, according to a new report from Federal Reserve economists.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Their team also includes social workers and intervention specialists.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
10 May 2025
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Technically, federal holidays are applicable only to federal employees and the District of Columbia, meaning states individually determine their legal holidays, according to the Congressional Research Service.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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All this is the painstaking work of Hazel Chatman, now in her late seventies, who’s been a public employee for forty-seven years and a caretaker of the city’s beach bathrooms for thirty.—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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Bathing in the blood of virgins is just one such regime, and god help the flunky who dares displease milady.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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No matter what spec-chart flunkies might say about a car that merely hits 60 mph in 3.1 seconds, GT 63 proved as ferocious and exhilarating as any front-engine GT car available, whether German, Italian or English.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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The yes-men and yes-women in his Cabinet approve of everything Trump does, for fear of losing their cushy jobs.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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Imagine this group of hangers on and yes-men (and women) working with Trump on a national or international crisis.—
Frederic B. Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Dec. 2024
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Others package their expertise into programs or retainers.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some opportunities are unpaid but require a time investment, while others involve retainers for PR support.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Cog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cog. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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