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Recent Examples of knee
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
This therapy has been effective for relieving pain in the hands, knees, hips, ankles, shoulders, and spine.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Ware will be available to make his return after missing the last three games because of a left knee sprain.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Ernest Jones, Seahawks Jones, 25, underwent minor knee surgery after the season.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The veteran guard, who missed Saturday’s win in Brooklyn with a knee injury, started 1-for-8 from the field (1-for-4 from three) and committed two turnovers late in the quarter.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
This therapy has been effective for relieving pain in the hands, knees, hips, ankles, shoulders, and spine.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Ware will be available to make his return after missing the last three games because of a left knee sprain.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Ernest Jones, Seahawks Jones, 25, underwent minor knee surgery after the season.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
Noun
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Turn the control knob to the right to activate the automatic smoothie setting, or hold it down to the left to run the manual blend/pulse mode.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The ruling party is looking to cut Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the top earners, according to the left.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Phillip Solomon had an unaired 'full emotional breakdown' during Deal or No Deal Island Sometimes players butt heads in the game but then make up and are friendly outside of it.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the game, players control Abby, a soldier caught in the throes of a post-apocalyptic militia and cultish religion who butts heads with co-lead Ellie, leading to ghastly consequences.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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Bell recently acquired content rights for the Toronto Maple Leafs last September in a 20-year deal.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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The photographer, quite understandably, sent me close-up images of the painting’s frontal surface, photographed from the right.—
Sarah K. Rich,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The food deal market is bumping after PepsiCo gobbled up yet another better-for-you brand with this week’s Poppi acquisition for a total of $1.95 billion.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps a pack of coyotes push through and bump them from one farm to another.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
20 Mar. 2025
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Over the past two months, videos of the country’s humanoid robots pulling off moves such as bike rides, roundhouse kicks and side flips have blown up the internet, often amplified by state media as a key potential driver of economic growth.—
John Liu,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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The robot executes punches, roundhouse kicks and other complex martial arts techniques, showcasing its enhanced coordination and flexibility.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The annual SharonFest, kicking off July 28, is a party with a purpose.—
Jennie Key,
Cincinnati.com,
20 July 2017
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Indianapolis kicks off its four-game preseason schedule on Aug. 13 against the Detroit Lions.—
Mark Inabinett,
AL.com,
18 July 2017
Noun
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Recent tariff hikes and isolationist trade policies— not to mention erratic policy swings— threaten to further destabilize food access in already-vulnerable regions.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Cease threw 28 changeups all last season and got one miss on five swings.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The video shows narwhals using their tusks to jab and stun the fish, which could indicate how narwhals interact with their prey.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence has been so successful for so long at helping entitled rich kids get admitted to Ivy League schools (specifically and exclusively Ivies) that one of them comes back to jab him with a fencing foil.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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