engines

plural of engine
as in machines
a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a car with a 200-horsepower engine

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Recent Examples of engines Patria and Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, agreed to begin final assembly of the engines in Finland in February 2026. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026 Its powerful jumpstarting capabilities can revive vehicles with gas engines up to 6 liters and diesel engines up to 4 liters. ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 When the east Texas oilfield was discovered in the interwar years, gasoline prices fell sharply, incentivizing bigger engines and vehicles, while encouraging longer journeys. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 The rockets that launched the first two batches of Rassvets released the satellites much closer to Earth, and the satellites were expected to use their own plasma engines to raise their orbits over the next few months. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 The company has already vetted the engines on Flight 14's Ship, firing up all six of them last week at Starbase. Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The opportunity to learn from professionals in the field about working on engines and also learning from Miami-Dade College professors has been a huge benefit, said Rangel, the auto tech. Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
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  • The machines were designed to detect non-metallic weapons, explosives and other threats concealed under layers of clothing that might evade traditional metal detectors.
    Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The difficult step is mixing different machines According to SCMP, CETC describes the ultimate objective as a heterogeneous, all-domain swarm, in which different uncrewed platforms can cooperate across air, land and sea.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • There are two electric motors, one driving each axle, and they're fed by a 49-kWh usable battery.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
  • One of the challenges in ramping up is that the Vega-C used the same solid rocket motors employed on Ariane 6, which is also looking to boost output.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Engines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engines. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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