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
Arredondo described the classroom door as reinforced with a hefty steel jamb, designed to keep an attacker on the outside from forcing their way in.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022
Doors are similar and need to close tightly against the jamb and sill weather stripping.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022
The warped wood stuck and then popped free of the jamb, just as it had for us, and I felt the vibration shudder down into the pit of my stomach.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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