shank

In its more standardized form across the journalism industry, this kind of ethical nihilism has been a rusty shank to the gut of consumer advocacy journalists the last few years.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

A wild drive on the seventh and a shank out of a bunker at the next opened up the tournament.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024

Woods couldn’t recall the last time he hit a cold shank — basically hitting the ball anywhere except on the clubface — except for making some imaginative flop shots around the green.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Indented ring shank nails, for example, hold stronger than smooth nails; four-sided roofs are most likely to stay on; and metal hurricane straps help keep roofs attached to walls.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2024

You saved some lives, Tommy, but ya still need to learn—” “Yeah, I know. Order!' Newt smiled. “You’re not half bad, shank.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

Smith himself had two fluffed drop-goal attempts, both uglier shanks than Ford’s effort.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

Gremolata is traditionally used to garnish Ossobuco alla Milanese — veal shanks braised with vegetables, white wine, and broth — grilled fish or other choices of protein.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023

Twenty-five of the nails were headless and deliberately bent at right angles; the others were complete roundheaded nails with the shanks twisted multiple times.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

The pho had a deeply fragrant broth and three large shanks of short rib that wasn’t quite falling off the bone.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

While I thus cleaned myself, Dr. Trefusis hunkered down, his thin shanks tucked beside his neck, and he fiddled with the lock at my ankles until my feet were free.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

In a nervy start to the tie-break, Gauff shanked a second-serve return wide before snatching a backhand volley into the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

They’d responded to the opening Hawkeye score with a sloppy three-and-out series, followed by a shanked punt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

A shanked punt at the worst possible time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024

The Canadian claimed the ball had hit the frame of Draper's racket and then the floor on match point, saying his opponent "shanked it on the floor", though the umpire disagreed.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

Kind of a stoop shouldered, hollow chested, thin shanked party, too.

From Torchy As A Pa by Ford, Sewell

He is more likely to expire on the back nine of a golf course after shanking a par 5 off the tee than any man I’ve ever known.

From Salon ● May 15, 2025

He told reporters on Thursday that he had been suffering with back spasms along with soreness in his surgically repaired leg after uncharacteristically shanking an approach on the 18th.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

While the rust showed, he also produced some of his vintage shotmaking, especially after shanking his approach on 18.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Whether improperly closing a door or shanking a kick in soccer, our brains tell us when we've made a mistake because these sounds differ from what we expect to hear.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023

The next process is that of shanking, or attaching small metal loops, by which they are fastened to garments.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Peters, Charles