How to Use catalytic converter in a Sentence

catalytic converter

noun
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  • The man had a catalytic converter next to him on the ground.
    — cleveland, 23 Apr. 2021
  • In fact, all of that idling is bad for the catalytic converter.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This comes as part of a surge in catalytic converter thefts over the past two years.
    — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
  • There has been a rise of catalytic converter thefts over the past two years.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
  • There has been a rise in catalytic converter thefts over the past two years.
    — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
  • The owner of the truck told police a portion of the catalytic converter had been cut through.
    — Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • The victim had a rental car that had been parked in the lot for the Hampton Inn when the catalytic converter was cut from the bottom of the vehicle.
    — cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • My first guess would be that a heat shield around your catalytic converter is loose and that’s what’s rattling.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Here’s what to know about catalytic converter thefts and how to prevent them.
    — Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Yep, one of the biggest stories in autodom this year was the rising rate of catalytic converter theft.
    — Car and Driver, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Many catalytic converter thefts happen in home driveways or in front of the home.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The call from four hours ago, reporting a catalytic converter theft, would have to wait.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021
  • Thanks to the catalytic converter in their cars, most people have an idea of what catalysis is.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Sali declined to comment on the shooting and whether Lujano saw a gun on the man stealing the catalytic converter.
    — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Thieves need less than two minutes to jack up a small car, get under it and then cut off the catalytic converter, Riddick said.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The mechanic said his car no longer had a catalytic converter on it.
    — cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The truck was stripped and was missing the ignition and catalytic converter.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Overnight, a thief had swiped the car’s catalytic converter from the parking lot of her Valley Ranch apartment in Irving.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The biggest clues your catalytic converter might have been stolen?
    — Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022
  • Tina Daggett, who waited in line for over an hour, said her old truck’s catalytic converter was stolen in Vernon and cost about $300 to be replaced.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The heat shields, top and bottom, have rusted on my catalytic converter.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Then a thief crawled underneath it and stole her catalytic converter — a part that can fetch hundreds of dollars on the black market.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That’s when the man discovered someone removed the catalytic converter from the van.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2021
  • It was later discovered that the men had removed the catalytic converter to a 2015 Toyota Prius.
    — Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There have been 22 catalytic converter thefts in Elgin this year.
    — Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2022
  • In 2019, thieves stole the catalytic converter from an older blue Prius parked in a downtown Sacramento garage.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Soaring catalytic converter theft, for example, is up 1,200% over the last three years, Glawe said.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The driver parks the truck, climbs out, slips under the unoccupied SUV and reemerges less than two minutes later with the catalytic converter.
    — oregonlive, 22 May 2021
  • Scrap yards can no longer take a catalytic converter unless it’s attached to a vehicle.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2024
  • Meanwhile, Mercer is about to encounter a father and son (Liotta and Eastwood) who are aiming to steal catalytic converters from the factory where Mercer works.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024

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