as in to grind (out)
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Building an ace: How college pitching labs are cranking out MLB-ready flamethrowers
High-tech pitching labs rose from humble beginnings to take center stage in the pitching development revolution in college and in the pros.
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 22 June 2025
That might be the hottest streak any rock label has ever had, cranking out stone-cold classics by Guided By Voices (Alien Lanes), Pavement (Wowee Zowee), Helium (The Dirt of Luck), Yo La Tengo (Electr-O-Pura), and Chavez (Gone Glimmering), all within a few weeks.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
Built in 1941 as a paper mill, the former Sunrise Food Products Inc., at 425 W. 4th Ave., cranked out fortune cookies for Chinese restaurants for more than six decades, Precourt said.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
Wilson’s ambition, however, was undercut by intensifying, untreated mental illness as well as by drug use (including hashish and amphetamines) and pressure from the other Beach Boys and the group’s label, Capitol, to stop messing around and start cranking out hits.
—Jason Fine, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 22 June 2025
That might be the hottest streak any rock label has ever had, cranking out stone-cold classics by Guided By Voices (Alien Lanes), Pavement (Wowee Zowee), Helium (The Dirt of Luck), Yo La Tengo (Electr-O-Pura), and Chavez (Gone Glimmering), all within a few weeks.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
Built in 1941 as a paper mill, the former Sunrise Food Products Inc., at 425 W. 4th Ave., cranked out fortune cookies for Chinese restaurants for more than six decades, Precourt said.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
Wilson’s ambition, however, was undercut by intensifying, untreated mental illness as well as by drug use (including hashish and amphetamines) and pressure from the other Beach Boys and the group’s label, Capitol, to stop messing around and start cranking out hits.
—Jason Fine, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank out
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Speaking of Frank, his polite feud (by Frank’s standards) with Mr. Johnson turns out to be nothing more than a diversion.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 July 2025
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As it’s turned out, in her long and singular literary career, Margaret Atwood has indeed had the occasion to be a hero, numerous times, and always risen to the moment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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The two-page memo delivers some bad news for the umbrage machine that churns out grievances that other, less pure conservatives may have missed.—
Debra J. Saunders,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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Professional songwriters can sometimes churn out multiple songs in a day.—
Melonee Hurt,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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For mathematicians, conferences, workshops and research talks are not just opportunities to share research and network but also crucial moments to work out tough problems together with colleagues, pose field-propelling questions and generate new ideas.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
18 July 2025
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Japan imports 770,000 metric tons of rice tariff-free every year, around half of which comes from the U.S. Above that quota, Japan tariffs foreign rice at ¥341 (about $2.30) per kilogram, which works out to a tariff of around 227% according to a calculation by the Japan Times.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
18 July 2025
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Legislative staff, lobbyists and advocates are in for a busy two weeks as final details get hammered out.—
William Melhado
July 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 July 2025
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DirecTV battled Disney in 2024 as the companies were hammering out a distribution agreement, insisting on its right as a distributor to slice and dice channels into smaller packages, including a sports-centric one.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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They also get worked up about Meghan Markle and Lauren Sánchez.—
Brock Colyar,
Curbed,
24 June 2025
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If the results of the flight pan out, the plan is to work up to a suborbital flight by 2029.—
David Szondy
June 21,
New Atlas,
21 June 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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The Fort Worth district, U.S. congressional district 33, was created after the 2012 census and is represented by Democrat Marc Veasey.—
Rachel Royster
July 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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