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hock

[hok] / hɒk /
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pawn
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Markets are likely to expect higher U.K. public spending under Burnham due to his past comments that the U.K. shouldn’t be “in hock to the bond markets,” Deutsche Bank strategists said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Connor Jackson, co-founder of the campaign group, said hock burn was "one symptom of a much larger problem".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

She added that the risk of hock burn "is significantly higher when birds are poorly managed, genetically selected to grow very fast or reared in overcrowded conditions".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

He’d had to hock one of his paintings.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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