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Recent Examples of cog
Bournemouth anchor Adams has been an essential cog under Iraola this season, and played almost every minute of his side’s six league games to date, while Antonee Robinson is still making his way back into Marco Silva’s starting XI following knee surgery earlier this year.
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Jauregui’s lab is just a small cog in a much bigger (and growing) world of quantum research.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Along with Norman, the Bellarie family's head of security, Jules (Charles Malik Whitfield), was a key cog in that operation — and Kimmie hasn't forgotten that.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Rizzo, who was a key cog in the 2016 billy-goat-curse-breaking Chicago Cubs World Series title, who caught the final out of Game 7 of that World Series, will retire as a member of the Cubs.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Jauregui’s lab is just a small cog in a much bigger (and growing) world of quantum research.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Along with Norman, the Bellarie family's head of security, Jules (Charles Malik Whitfield), was a key cog in that operation — and Kimmie hasn't forgotten that.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Rizzo, who was a key cog in the 2016 billy-goat-curse-breaking Chicago Cubs World Series title, who caught the final out of Game 7 of that World Series, will retire as a member of the Cubs.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
Noun
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Steen, who is a special assistant to GM Doug Armstrong, joined the Blues in 2008.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Bond tells it, her assistant found Moo at a farm nearby.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
15 Oct. 2025
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The maker of brands such as KitKat and Nesquik named Navratil its new CEO last month after dismissing long-time company executive Laurent Frexie, who served as chief executive for one year before an undisclosed romantic relationship with a subordinate came to light.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Laurent Freixe was dismissed for failing to disclose a romantic relationship with a direct subordinate, which breached Nestlé’s code of business conduct.—
Ana Nicolaci da Costa,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The stories involving Olympia’s other underlings, Sarah Franklin (Leah Lewis) and Billy Martinez (David Del Rio), were often minimized and isolated.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2025
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The film, which debuted at the Busan International Film Festival, centers on gang underlings who, oddly, compete to avoid becoming the boss while pursuing personal ambitions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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And the policies are projected to have far-ranging effects on most areas of business, including a potential loss of hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers in sectors like information and educational and health services.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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His focus on worker satisfaction drew loyalty in-house and exasperation from Wall Street.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Nestlé announces layoffs Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil announced in a LinkedIn post on Thursday that the company is laying off more than 16,000 employees—mostly white-collar positions—to cut costs.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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For instance, Bolsonaro’s flunkies penetrated the government agency that handled film distribution.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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The conservative dynamic duo representing the minority on the council against Wu and her progressive flunkies have repeatedly seen their proposals and bills rejected or just ignored by Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, a Wu ally.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?—
Bianca Davino,
Refinery29,
7 Oct. 2025
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The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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According to The Cut, on top of paying for the unit, Williams's estate is responsible for the guardianship lawyer fees, paying her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey’s fees and her lawyer fees, who is on retainer at $10,000 a month.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Most playoff teams — with some notable exceptions — have someone on staff or on retainer for that specific job.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Cog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cog. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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