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knife

[nahyf] / naɪf /




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"Women should think twice before succumbing to the charm of all these Instagram beauties and going under the knife."

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Digwa said he carried the blade as part of his Sikh faith, though the Sikh Federation said the blade he used was not a religious knife, known as a kirpan.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Those that remain are operating on a knife edge.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The tale contradicts comments he made to reporters on May 4, when he bragged that the new lining was “very strong” and “if you had a knife, you can’t even cut it.”

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

“They say,” Khrushchev explained, “that when someone goes bear hunting for the first time, he takes a wooden knife with him—so it is easier to clean his pants.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The effectiveness of current laws and the regulation of the sale of knives will also come under scrutiny during the hearings.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Why did he keep a box of knives under his bed?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Under UK law, it is illegal to carry most knives in public without a good reason.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

I bought a knife roll that was more expensive than any of the knives inside it.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

Sayle gestured at a glass display case and Alex noticed three harpoon guns and a collection of knives resting in velvet slots.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

And then he retraced his steps across the 150-foot wide thoroughfare that knifes through the heart of the city along what once was the Red Car line of the Pacific Electric Railway.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to Kilburn police station in north west London, Mr Sunak said there was "no reason" why such knifes should be on the streets.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2023

He spent nearly $600,000 on the rocking chair John F. Kennedy used in the White House, and another $550,000 for one of Abraham Lincoln’s pocket knifes.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2022

Take Can a woman win the election: a sly, mean, ego-saving little canard that knifes both its subject and its verb in order to spare the real actor here.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2020

There was all sorts of sharp and dangerous-looking blades and razors and knifes setting behind where the barber stood whilst he was cutting hair.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Hunter knifed through the defense and broke for an 11-yard gain.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

Anthony Macias knifed through the line to block a punt at the goal line, and Max Magana recovered the ball in the end zone to give Pacifica a 14-6 lead late in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2024

Al-Shifa was the same hospital where Jihad had been born five months earlier — five months of searching all day for a little food, of nearly getting knifed over a little flour.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2024

He pointed his arms to the clear spring sky, knifed by the vapor trails of passing airplanes.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2023

It ranged across the top of Zosimos Ridge, which knifed up from Zosma City like a shark’s fin, and was visible from miles away.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

In their first game playing as Hoop Nation against Donda Academy on Friday night, he added a new dimension to the Huskies’ offense with knifing drives into the paint and a soft midrange touch.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2022

Van Lith, whose first basket came on a knifing drive for a layup with 1:43 left in the second quarter, had two jumpers blocked by Beal and three turnovers in the first half.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2022

The Hawks stutter-stepped and jabbed their way to the free throw line with deft ease, knifing the hosts from beyond the arc when they weren’t dancing inside the key.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2022

The 66-year-old president was taken to the Sao Paulo hospital for treatment relating to an obstructed intestine following the 2018 knifing.

From Reuters Jul. 18, 2021

I looked up and squinted, and saw a black shadow knifing through the dusk light, the blades chopping as it drifted closer, dropping lower and lower as it approached Fullbrook.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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