nick
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Jofra Archer bowled with fire to have Tom Latham nick off and Josh Tongue removed Devon Conway with his first ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
"Ronnie looks in good nick and is hitting the ball well and seems confident so he could have a big say in this tournament," said four-time champion Higgins.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The country stored up 1.26 billion barrels of oil in the nick of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
It built up those reserves just in the nick of time.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
The nick wasn’t large, but the hatchet was important to him, was his only tool, and he should not have thrown it.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
Scott Boland bowled 74 deliveries to Root in the remaining three Tests of that series, conceded 39 runs and dismissed Root four times by consistently probing at that fuller length and finding nicks.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
Living “in the heart of elephant country” from 1966-70, Mr. Douglas-Hamilton learned to tell hundreds of elephants apart, largely through the shape of their ears or tears and nicks in them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Such are the nicks and acceptances of the trade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
“It makes it easier to go to work. It makes it easier to deal with the nicks, bruises and pains. We needed that. We still have a great opportunity at hand.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
Percy was covered with nicks and scratches, like he’d jumped through a window.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Imagine it like this: It is late in the evening of April 15, 1865, and Abraham Lincoln has survived an assassination attempt, the bullet aimed by John Wilkes Booth having merely nicked his now-bandaged scalp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
It was quite a tight affair when these two sides met in December, but Arsenal nicked the points at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and I am expecting the same to happen this time too.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
He muscled a brutal straight six over long-on off while hitting spinner Mohammad Nawaz for 17 in the sixth, before nudging singles after Banton nicked off to Usman Tariq.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
To test the idea further, the researchers created "nicked" DNA, strands that were interrupted at specific points.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
She’d nicked it the day before, working on something.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
The Cherries won the reverse fixture in October thanks to a late comeback, and I can see them nicking this one too.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
And, of course, we’ve been in a reciprocal comedy arrangement with Britain — or at least we have been nicking their ideas for shows — for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
"People are just coming in, and nicking boxes and boxes of chocolate," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
The 28-year-old, who has played more of his rugby at open-side flanker, made 17 carries and 78 metres, while also finishing joint top of the tackle stats with Guy Pepper and nicking a turnover.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
“A mission’s nicking files from the Russian embassy without getting caught. Which we both did even though you got most of the credit. This is...sightseeing. We’re just going to follow a girl.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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