knuckle
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Then Rushing again ambushed the first pitch — a knuckle curve on the inside edge — and drove it off the right-field wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Then again, who among us hasn’t requested a parade of knuckle sandwiches with our cake and candles?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
This kit includes everything you need to make eight luxurious rolls: two pounds of Maine knuckle and claw meat, eight open-top buns, a half-pint of lemony mayo, and the butter to toast the rolls in.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
"But at the moment, history says we haven't done it yet, so we have got to knuckle down."
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
He rubs his thumb across mine, tracing a path from knuckle to wrist.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
For me, among so many other things, I enjoy without measure watching great reporters crack their knuckles and create a saga where once stood a blinking cursor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The vice president’s words sound good — like a rap on the knuckles of the tech billionaires who can’t stop claiming they’re building doomsday devices.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
But they can try to make sense of what just passed, starting with a primary season that was a strange mix of ennui and white knuckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Even in his more civil moments, Ruben's handshakes grind knuckles and his hugs squeeze air from anyone in his grip.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He cracks his knuckles and massages the empty space on his wrist.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Yet, when faced with adversity, Adams never knuckled up for any fights on principle, choosing only to take the easiest and most comfortable way out.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
I only knuckled down on him 10 jumps from the wire because there was somebody above the wire in the starter’s stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
Boyd scored midway through the first period, beating Stalock on a shot from the right circle that knuckled off Chicago defenseman Ian Mitchell’s stick.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
When it came, he read the puck and deflected it with the shaft of his stick, then watched as it knuckled past Shesterkin to make it 1-0 at 4:25.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2023
Spearmen at each gate knuckled their foreheads at Jon Snow but stared openly at Val and her garron.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Writing for the Sun on Sunday, Starmer described the strategy as "the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation" as the government was "knuckling down" on delivering its election promises.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
Fowler scored his career-best 43rd point with a goal in the first period on a knuckling shot that threaded a path among three Anaheim teammates.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
They may be white knuckling it because they live in perpetual fear of someday failing to measure up.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Her weekly “happy Monday!” texts started coming with handwashing tutorials, tips on knuckling vs. pushing elevator buttons, and advice that sounded ludicrous to me at the time: “avoid the general public.”
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2020
“Did I do something good?” he asked me, knuckling his eyes like a child.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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