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If all goes as planned, then the system will officially turn the Atlantic’s kinetic energy into a stable national resource.—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026 On top of disc brakes at the axles, many employ regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electricity that feeds back into the power grid or can be used by other trains.—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026 Bright and kinetic energy pulled helplessly into a black hole.—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026 Russian military bloggers said the submunitions released by each warhead apparently were unarmed but had high kinetic energy estimated to deliver a destructive force equivalent to tons of explosives.—Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kinetic energy