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Recent Examples of cog
Zelenskyy also touted his country's use of drones, an integral cog in Ukraine's war plan.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Jones, the Liberty’s 6-6 cog on both sides of the floor, has spent the last three seasons with the Liberty after the 5-time All-Star spent her first six seasons in Connecticut.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Putting the wheel back in involves doing all of that stuff in reverse, including manually placing the chain back onto the smallest cog.
—New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2026
The All-Big 12 defense guard has been a key cog the last two seasons for the Horned Frogs as one of the best defenders in the country.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Jones, the Liberty’s 6-6 cog on both sides of the floor, has spent the last three seasons with the Liberty after the 5-time All-Star spent her first six seasons in Connecticut.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Putting the wheel back in involves doing all of that stuff in reverse, including manually placing the chain back onto the smallest cog.
—New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2026
The All-Big 12 defense guard has been a key cog the last two seasons for the Horned Frogs as one of the best defenders in the country.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
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Kublank was an assistant to head coach Paul Netzel for the Green Wave’s 2016 state team.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The ad called for the supervision of a team of graduate assistants or interns.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Apr. 2026
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His public dynamic with Schoen is that of a boss and his subordinate.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cincinnati's now-former police chief, once sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against White male officers, has been fired.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the occupant of the Oval Office doesn’t want his underlings engaging in self-promotion and vindictive lawsuits.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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And all the while underlings scrambled madly for a correct number.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Research published last year on Japanese nursing homes found that robot adoption reduced worker quit rates and was associated with better care quality.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to one former Kinahan employee, McGovern was a generous and well-liked person during his stint in Dubai, and was known as a heavy tipper.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Legends fictionalizes the true story of British customs employees who went undercover in the '90s to infiltrate drug smuggling gangs.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Yasmin, Tender’s briefly installed head of communications, is the first of Whitney’s flunkies to defect.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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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 first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2026
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How To Improve Your Soil's Moisture Retention A short-term solution for small areas or containers with hydrophobic soil is a commercial wetting agent, often called water retainers or penetrants.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Heat need a toe doctor on retainer.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Cog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cog. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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