jugular
Example Sentences
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Normal foreign policy considerations regarding conflict with a country of 90 million people situated astride the world’s oil jugular do not come into play.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
“It’s really going for the jugular, and in a major way,” said Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, a Washington think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
She was smart about how she ordered her argument for a smartphone, starting with logic and then going for the emotional jugular.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
And at a debate when the two were asked to say something nice about each other, Jerry chose to go for the jugular:
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2024
Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing jugular
Typical American
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