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Although this use of quantum media—media that count, quantify or enumerate—to more closely monitor the watchman’s activities seemed to work for several nights, he was eventually found sleeping in the engine room, having attached the pedometer to a piston rod.—Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024 But water doesn’t compress, and the resulting pressure can bend piston rods or crack the block.—Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
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