four-by-four
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“I hear you, but there’s nothing I can do. And there’s nothing you can do for anybody in a little four-by-four with a winch.”
From Literature
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And so therefore it became obvious in the music when the music sort of transcended just a basic rock four-by-four.
From Los Angeles Times
The team organized the nozzles in a four-by-four array, which can pick up 16 spheroids simultaneously and place them on a bioink substrate quickly and precisely.
From Science Daily
“I want to grow food in my backyard, and have this big barn with three doors, where my studio equipment is, a place for my hobbies. I can woodwork and do whatever weird projects I’m into. And I want one of them four-by-four vehicles.”
From New York Times
Based in Germany with a Vancouver office, OroraTech has eight satellites in low-earth orbit with special infrared sensors that monitor temperatures in grids of four-by-four meters.
From BBC
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