jamb
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The 10-year-old stood outside the only home he’d ever known — a home he could traverse in total darkness, whose every floorboard and door jamb he knew like the back of his hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
When I tested the original Lockly Vision, I couldn't access the fingerprint reader as the lock butted up too close to my door jamb.
From The Verge ● Jul. 22, 2022
It was sturdily built with a steel jamb, impossible to kick in.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
If there are gaps where the window sash or door closes against the jamb, it could be time to replace the weather stripping.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
Then I bend down to put my wallet in between the door and the jamb so it doesn’t slam shut behind me.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Lacking an automated connection to a monitoring service, she connects exposed wires running along jambs to a light switch.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
“I started with a little campfire and it had eyes and it was really amorphous, like going through door jambs and keyholes” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
You can typically make the height of the door’s rough opening just one-quarter inch longer than the factory length of the door jambs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
Even if it means his leaving scratch marks on the chamber’s door jambs on the way out.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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