knob
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The shorter man jerked the knob, but the safe didn’t open.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The strain-dependent nature suggests that we may be able to use lattice strain as a tuning knob to induce or control altermagnetism," Zhang said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
And it is proper: a leather-stitched, handball-sized shift knob, ever shivering with engine revs, the short throws between gears landing in oiled, notchy slots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
The show inspired optimism, yes, but it certainly didn’t turn the dial so decisively toward radical hope that the knob broke off.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026
The knob on the RV door turns, and Scoob scurries into the bathroom and pulls the door shut.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Remember how loudly I complained about Tesla and others ditching buttons and knobs for all-touchscreen everything?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
By adjusting these quantum knobs, or energy scales, researchers can push electrons from solid to liquid phases within these materials.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025
This was New Zealand being New Zealand with knobs on.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
The knobs on our dressers were whittled down to damp stumps, and our beds were matted with fine, short hairs.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
You’ll discover the fancifully striped Red St. Lawrence from Maine, the sleek Arkansas Black, the ruby Hidden Rose from Oregon, the pearly Yellow Transparent from Russia and several tortured knobbed russets from Sussex, England.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
The knobbed Schwalbes are surprisingly quiet on city roads while offering decent grip on trails — but not as much as you’d get from proper mountain bike tires.
From The Verge ● May 17, 2019
The knobbed ends keep flopping over, needing frequent fixing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2016
"My heart knobbed up and started a wild swing," Brad reminisces.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her legs were bent, with great knobbed joints high above her back, and hairs that stuck out like steel spines, and at each leg’s end there was a claw.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
