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Recent Examples of rotary
These are seen on the drive mode rotary dial and other roller controls, as well as the gear selector.
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Karl Brauer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Consider joining or getting more heavily involved in an organization – rotary, garden club, biker gang, whatever suits your fancy.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, the Carlisle Police Department said in a news release Friday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Every year, crews driving snow plows with giant rotary blades clear the two roads, facing massive snow drifts and avalanche risks.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
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Karl Brauer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Consider joining or getting more heavily involved in an organization – rotary, garden club, biker gang, whatever suits your fancy.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, the Carlisle Police Department said in a news release Friday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Every year, crews driving snow plows with giant rotary blades clear the two roads, facing massive snow drifts and avalanche risks.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary
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The hushed folk tunes of Sudanese Canadian singer-songwriter Mustafa sit at a philosophical roundabout joining familial obligations, faith journeys, and inner-city struggles.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sporadic celebratory gunfire was heard at a main roundabout in the city, as drivers honked their horns and residents cheered.BASSEM MROUE, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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In retaliation for a tribal revolt in Libya in August 2015, ISIS fighters killed dozens of members of the tribe, crucifying several of them in a traffic circle—a punishment familiar to anyone following the group’s parade of horrors in Iraq and Syria.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2016
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The protests on Monday night appeared to have been sparked after footage, verified by NBC News, showed hooded figures setting fire to the tree at a traffic circle in the Christian-majority town of Al-Suqalabiyah near the city of Hama in central Syria on Monday.Ammar Cheikh Omar, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The National Retail Federation, one of the bill’s biggest champions, says interchange fees are the highest operating cost after labor for most retailers.Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
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State Route 16 Resurfacing from 21st Street Description: Resurfacing and related work on Route 16 from 21st Street to Dayton Road and Route 79 from Heath corp. line to Route 16 interchange.Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
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While the old cloverleaf interchange may look simpler, the new DDI design will improve traffic flow onto the interstate and increase safety around the area, particularly pedestrian safety, according to WisDOT's informational video.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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In America, horror is a cloverleaf: at once a bound reality and a recurring spectacle, shared and remixed online, appropriated and made a fool of by soulless pundits on Fox News.Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 May 2022
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The 50-day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average back in mid-June (tiny red circle).John Navin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Never a perfect circle, but dependably rotund, the doughnuts are large enough to tear at greedily and still last the entire drive home.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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