jackknife
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The keys for these models are jackknife fobs, wherein the metal blade of the key can fold in and out of the plastic fob.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
The officer had gotten out of a vehicle after seeing a semi-trailer jackknife on the road and the patrol car was struck by a passenger car.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
But somehow, it’s entirely too easy to oversteer and jackknife, or to understeer and do an embarrassingly crooked parking job.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2021
Digging with a garden shovel and jackknife, Kathy Wankel unearthed a complete T rex arm.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2019
A jackknife, one with a can opener on it.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
The catalog explains how Mr. Donati, a native of Milan, traveled in the American Southwest and Hudson Bay in the 1930s and traded European pheasant feathers, beads and jackknives for Indian artwork.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2010
He reports he performed the movie's swan dives and jackknives in "all but a fraction of a shot."
From Time Magazine Archive
After that, it was no trouble to win the National A.A.U. high & low-board championships with comparatively easy jackknives and gainers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Administration supporters downtown and on Capitol Hill already had their jackknives out, were busily whittling away at the rotten wood of the Neutrality Act.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wanted to sit with them on curbstones and compare the sharpness of jackknives, the distance and arcs of spitting.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
It jackknifes its sleek body and leaps out of my hand, scurrying off into the landscaping.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2019
“The problem is when a tractor-trailer jackknifes, it’s not like a Honda Accord, — it takes out the entire roadway,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2018
You may not be able to perform as many jackknifes, and that's fine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
Here, the cities of Florence and Muscle Shoals flank opposite sides of the Tennessee River just before it jackknifes back up into the state from whence it came.
From Southern Living ● Dec. 25, 2012
Legg not only jackknifes over eleven barrels but also leaps through a revolving, flaming ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The episode later reveals that a jackknifed big rig unleashed 22 million killer bees into L.A. when it crashed on the 4th Street Bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
Parts of Interstate 80 between Des Moines and Iowa City were repeatedly snagged overnight by jackknifed tractor-trailers and multiple-car pileups, the Department of Transportation reported.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Authorities believe the tanker accident occurred when a car tried to pass the truck, which jackknifed, overturned and landed on a trailer hitch near the road, which punched a hole in it.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
Four lorries have jackknifed in an eight-vehicle crash, causing major delays on a main road through Essex.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
We finally pass a jackknifed truck and get back up to speed, but Radar calculates in his head that we’ll need to average seventy-seven from here to Agloe.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
At least 30 cars idling in the bike lane for unspecified reasons—hazard lights on—forcing me to maintain forward momentum by jackknifing into the busy thoroughfare.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2023
Within moments, police said more tractor trailers were jackknifing behind it.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022
We know we cannot throw 95 miles an hour, or make the pivot on a double play with a runner bearing down, or square up a jackknifing curveball with a season on the line.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2012
A look at Newser's home page on Monday morning compels with all the sick attraction exerted by a semi jackknifing across the interstate, setting in motion a 20-car pileup.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2010
I wedged my body down through the nearly solid sea of coils, forcing my legs deep into the cockpit and jackknifing my knees so that my upper body swung downward and inward.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
