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“More photos and interactive graphics The brawny combat robot, made by QinetiQ North America, a unit of the U.K.'s QinetiQ Group PLC, rolls on tank-like treads.”
The Wall Street Journal: Robots for Land, Sea and Air Battles
“The reviews suggest the build is good; not as good as the tank-like Lenovos, but good enough.”
“A Zamboni is that huge tank-like thing they drive around to even out the ice during halftime at a hockey game.”
The Washington Post: Going viral: Actor Gordon Pinsent reads Justin Bieber's memoir
“A second storm-chasing team was shown weaving in and out of traffic in its tank-like vehicle on a rain-soaked interstate in an attempt to get ahead of a developing storm.”
The Huffington Post: Paul Yeager: Storm Chasers: The Science Is Not Worth the Danger
“In a different episode, this same team crashed its tank-like vehicle into a ditch after racing at unsafe speeds on a wet, muddy, and slippery two-lane roadway, ignoring the safety of anyone else.”
The Huffington Post: Paul Yeager: Storm Chasers: The Science Is Not Worth the Danger
“Go for low and you're a sitting target to the gigantic tank-like war machines pointing out at your forces.”
“It wasn't the first time the tank-like vehicle saved his life.”
“But this week, with alternate side of the street parking in full effect, Mr. Casey's eight-ton, tank-like, souped-up Dodge Ram 3500 pickup truck has been parked like a regular commuter car on the Upper West Side, "wherever we can find a spot," he said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Storm Chaser and Tank Blow Into Town
“The U.S.-made Packbots, which resemble drafting lamps on tank-like treads, also were briefly sent into Unit 2 on Monday, officials said, and the radiation level was found to be a much lower 4.1 millisieverts per hour.”
USA Today: Japan nuke plants starts pumping radioactive water
“On Sunday, a plant worker opened an outer door to one of the buildings and two Packbots, which resemble drafting lamps on tank-like treads, entered.”
USA Today: Radiation near Japan nuke plants too high for workers
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EN - compound adjectives
Adjectively used nominal phrases with a "-" inside.
t-test, O-ring, B-grade, so-called, on-site, at-large, in-your-face, in-state, on-time, up-to-the-minute, in-store, on-call and 965 more...
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WF - like
With "-like" you can basically make an adjective from any noun. Does it mean that there are more adjectives than nouns in English?
adult-like, cage-like, clay-like, desert-like, family-like, hormone-like, pudding-like, stick-like, sun-like, tank-like, vault-like, warehouse-like and 2 more...
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