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Instead, attackers fill the space up to the ceiling, forming what I can only describe as a Dagwood knuckle sandwich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

“Those tools are expensive when applied to you even if we don’t win at the end of the day, so knuckle under.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

This kit includes everything you need to make eight luxurious rolls: two pounds of Maine knuckle and claw meat, eight open-top buns, a half-pint of lemony mayo, and the butter to toast the rolls in.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

“This step up in tensions has created a white knuckle moment for the markets with tech stocks under major pressure,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives wrote to clients on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025

All day long I knuckle walk circles around my cage.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

For me, among so many other things, I enjoy without measure watching great reporters crack their knuckles and create a saga where once stood a blinking cursor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The vice president’s words sound good — like a rap on the knuckles of the tech billionaires who can’t stop claiming they’re building doomsday devices.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Rai doesn't punch hanging slabs of meat with his bare knuckles while training like the iconic boxing character.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

The gloves are weathered and white, their brightness dulled by the decades, with the brand name “reusch” across the knuckles and a big, plum-colored sun on top.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

The old woman’s knuckles were so swollen with arthritis, Penelope wondered if she could even remove the large jeweled rings she wore on each finger, or whether she would have to be buried in them.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

He is rarely bare knuckled on the golf course.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Yet, when faced with adversity, Adams never knuckled up for any fights on principle, choosing only to take the easiest and most comfortable way out.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025

I only knuckled down on him 10 jumps from the wire because there was somebody above the wire in the starter’s stand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2023

Boyd scored midway through the first period, beating Stalock on a shot from the right circle that knuckled off Chicago defenseman Ian Mitchell’s stick.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Once I knuckled down to learn it, it was just another type of acting.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Writing for the Sun on Sunday, Starmer described the strategy as "the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation" as the government was "knuckling down" on delivering its election promises.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024

Fowler scored his career-best 43rd point with a goal in the first period on a knuckling shot that threaded a path among three Anaheim teammates.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Vancouver added on late in the period when Jake Middleton sent a clearing attempt right to Hughes, whose knuckling shot from the point bounced off the ice and beat Reimer.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

Her weekly “happy Monday!” texts started coming with handwashing tutorials, tips on knuckling vs. pushing elevator buttons, and advice that sounded ludicrous to me at the time: “avoid the general public.”

From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2020

“No,” came back sourly, “but here you are in the officer’s room with two robots standing guard at the door. That’s not knuckling under, is it?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov