shock absorber
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damper BrE

The Black woman is there to act as the' shock absorber'.

She even felt one of them herself, which, given the car's shock absorbers, meant they were strong indeed.

There are two types of shock absorber in common use.

Of the five road wheels each side, four had shock absorbers.

And there were things that looked like giant shock absorbers.

Earlier this year, problems were reported with the trains' shock absorbers.

"We're fine, but you need a new set of shock absorbers."

One of the shock absorbers had come loose and fallen off.

Shock absorbers were of the lever type for the early years only.

You want a really good shock absorber system between the plate and the ship.

Even second hand springs and shock absorbers are at a premium.

Make sure that the shock absorbers are of equal tension.

The choice of shock absorbers and springs is made easier.

To understand how this works, it's best to look inside a shock absorber to see its structure and function.

Before that he used to handle the family business which deals with shock absorbers.

A length of rubber is often included in each line as a shock absorber.

The later 502 model had a full fork with motorcycle shock absorbers.

It is typically used as a shock absorber in sports shoes, for example.

I wish there was more than just one way to test those shock absorbers."

Every joint comes with a natural shock absorber in the form of cartilage.

Put 11,000 of them into each tower, as Robertson did, and they became a very good shock absorber.

The building is also equipped with 65 seismic shock absorbers.

This will act as a shock absorber for your knees in addition to helping control and support them.

She'd used the pod as a shock absorber: good technique.

Three passengers on a motorcycle was going to kill his shock absorbers.

Each development alone would have been a shock not so long ago.

The shock still has not got out of my system, you know.

Friends of the couple said the news was a shock.

For the first three weeks, most of our people were in shock.

For many of these kids, coming into college is a real shock to their system.

But first, he has to get over the shock of the last few days.

For some parents, the recent news came as a shock.

Some who knew him well say they are still in a state of shock.

And very often what the person really is comes as a shock.

She was at the far side of the room now, her face white with shock.

The first had been to give him something for the shock.

His shock would not let him believe what she was saying.

She's said to be in a great state of shock.

But his new job came as a bit of shock.

But the news has come as a total shock for many people.

I think she must have been in a state of shock.

The whole town was still in a state of shock.

She needed rest and time to get over the shock.

Her death had come as a great shock to him.

I was probably just in a state of shock at the time.

A second shock came when he looked down at his body.

When I look at them they give me a shock.

Her father had come home in a state of shock.

The shock of a dead father was enough for one day.

Perhaps his death came as a great shock to you.

Several Republicans seemed to put a damper on the idea.

But they wanted to trade me, which kind of put a damper on the whole thing.

But it's not going to put a damper on what kind of year we had.

I just had time to hit the dampers and get out.

Such problems, however, do not seem to have put a damper on sales.

Their presence in a room put a damper on everyone and everything.

"That does put a damper on our relationship," the man in black said then.

That rather put a damper on the conversation for a while.

How could she have put a damper on his pleasure?

Not forever, but for the moment, which would act as a damper.

They must have a sophisticated damper system of some kind.

"But when I got hit by that line drive, it really put a damper on everything."

She'd worked with dampers as part of her training and never liked them.

I'm not trying to put a damper on your celebration.

This kind of thing can put a damper on the job hunt.

The dampers are free to move a few feet relative to the floor.

We like to travel, and it's put a damper on all that.

That would really put a damper on our trip to Mexico.

The presence of the man cast a damper on everything.

My age, however, did seem to put a damper on his enthusiasm.

I didn't mean to put a damper on our day.

He jerked on the damper and the big car shot forward.

It had put a real damper on his phone call to Patricia.

If you have a fireplace, close the damper when it's not in use.

"Hopefully I will put a damper on all of their plans."