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knot

[not] / nɒt /




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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

Depending on how you compare to those numbers, you felt either relief or a knot in your stomach.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

“Love Story” isn’t alone in heading to a rural setting to tie the knot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Discovery WBD -0.69%decrease; down pointing triangle are at the altar—but can’t tie the knot quite yet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Anxiety tied a tight knot in Jonathan’s stomach.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

These leaked Libyan intelligence documents contain information that could potentially put an end to the doubt, theories and countertheories that have tied so many, including me, in knots.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

In an accompanying statement, the groups argued the rule changes could immediately harm wildlife including Florida manatees, grizzly bears, salmon and steelhead fish, bird species like rufa red knots and golden-cheeked warblers, and insect pollinators.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 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

Unless it’s your job to tout stocks, though, don’t twist yourself into knots thinking up reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

She stares at her feet, silently willing the laces to tie and untie in messy bows, scowling when they tangle into knots.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

I studied the pastries while pretending not to listen: tea-infused buns knotted with candied citrus, laminated pastry layered with spiced cream cheese, craggy oat muffins dotted with boysenberry preserves.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

This Safavid-era carpet created for an ancestral shrine in northwest Iran was gifted by J. Paul Getty and is prized for its ornately knotted design featuring lamps and central medallions.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 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

She knotted a wide lavender ribbon around her waist to complete the look.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

We host volunteers for dinner and knotting comforters for refugees many Monday evenings.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

After the Hornets erased a three-point half-time deficit, knotting the score at 57-57, the Thunder unleashed a 16-1 scoring run to seize a 15-point lead.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

They did it again the seventh, knotting the score at 4-4 on Hernández’s pinch-hit home run.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2024

The weaving and knotting is still done by hand, but now computer software handles the design and creation of the talim code.

From BBC Jan. 29, 2024

What does this idea—say, the knotting of braids—have in common with that one in some other seemingly disparate area—say, the symmetries of some geometric figure?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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