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knot

[not] / nɒt /




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In 2015, shortly after tying the knot to his second wife, Grace Miguel, he purchased a $3.3 million property above the Sunset Strip.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Kelce and Swift tied the knot on 3 July at New York's Madison Square Garden in a star-studded event that was largely kept private.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The couple, both 36, tied the knot over two days of celebrations at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 2 and 3.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

“That innocuous little essay untangled some aching knot inside me,” she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“Sí, sí, gracias,” Teresita said, taking the goat and untying the knot at its throat.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Dense planting forces the trees to grow straight without many branches, reducing knots in lumber.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Gignac, who sells other city trash on his website, said he tied some of the items into knots to "hammer home the wedding theme."

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

But many others twist themselves into knots attempting to explain why sweaty guys punching each other are a core component of the American Way.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

He must have been feeling particularly nasty that night, because he’d combined pine sap with the knots.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Charismatic and volatile, Shakur delivered intricately knotted verses—seductive then somber, mushy then menacing—in a voice scuffed by carton-loads of Newports.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Brunson's layup -- after teammate Jose Alvarado's second steal in 20 seconds -- knotted it at 103-103 with 1:26 remaining and Brunson put the Knicks up for good, 105-103, with 29 seconds left.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

Any irregular signal was thought to mean the strand had knotted as it moved through the pore.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2026

The traditional hiring channels are broken, and the employment pipeline is knotted.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2025

His shirt is a crisp white, his tie black and pristinely knotted.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

A former colleague comes in on the ferry to bring comforter tops for my knotting group.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Dominic Fletcher hit a ground ball to short that his brother, David, couldn’t field despite a diving try, scoring Emmanuel Rivera and knotting the score at 1.

From Washington Times Jul. 2, 2023

And the woman seen knotting while the credits roll taught everyone how to work the looms.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2023

They stood looking at each other, a shared cloud of distress knotting around them.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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