knuckle
Example Sentences
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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
“This step up in tensions has created a white knuckle moment for the markets with tech stocks under major pressure,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives wrote to clients on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 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
It scrapes the top of one knuckle, does a bit of a dive to the second knuckle … and then scoots along.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025
Inspector Pearce examined a knuckle on her hand as if there was something wrong with it but I could see no cuts or bruises.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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