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Recent Examples of grinders
Stump grinders are large, specialized equipment with rotating teeth that chew the stump to below ground level.
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Daniel Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
First, compared to grinders like Fellow's Opus and Baratza's Encore ESP, the Philos uses bigger, better burrs.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
His staff features former pros, but lacks grinders, even though records obtained by USA Today as of October 2025 showed 57 coaches and support staff, including a bodyguard.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Footage from museum cameras showed that the two who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery used grinders to cut into jewelry display cases.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Fortunately, like most coffee making equipment, great grinders don’t need to break the bank, with excellent options existing all along the price spectrum.
—Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Also collected as evidence at the crime scene was a blanket, two angle grinders used to cut through the window of the gallery and the display cases inside, a walkie-talkie, gasoline and a blowtorch, as well as the glove and helmet that contained the DNA.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Daniel Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
First, compared to grinders like Fellow's Opus and Baratza's Encore ESP, the Philos uses bigger, better burrs.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
His staff features former pros, but lacks grinders, even though records obtained by USA Today as of October 2025 showed 57 coaches and support staff, including a bodyguard.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Footage from museum cameras showed that the two who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery used grinders to cut into jewelry display cases.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Fortunately, like most coffee making equipment, great grinders don’t need to break the bank, with excellent options existing all along the price spectrum.
—Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Also collected as evidence at the crime scene was a blanket, two angle grinders used to cut through the window of the gallery and the display cases inside, a walkie-talkie, gasoline and a blowtorch, as well as the glove and helmet that contained the DNA.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinders
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Gecko said that its wall-climbing robots, drones, and sensors can collect data on ships and submarines and identify current and future structural problems that can't be seen by the human eye.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Anduril, which develops drones, missiles, robotic submarines and autonomous fighter jets, was founded in 2017 by Peter Thiel protégé Palmer Luckey.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised them as American heroes.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Since then, he’s been considered a painter’s painter — capturing jazz icons, heroes from his Mexican heritage, his wife and his own recognizable bearded face — while also staging gonzo solo shows featuring live music, DJing and a faux Mercedes that’s half instrument, half sculpture.—
Michael Slenske,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
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Dinner subs a five-ounce steak for the eggs.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
13 Mar. 2026
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Subway's National Meatball Day special Customers who request an upgrade to their meatball subs will receive it for free on National Meatball Day.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Grinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinders. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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