nicked
Example Sentences
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Imagine it like this: It is late in the evening of April 15, 1865, and Abraham Lincoln has survived an assassination attempt, the bullet aimed by John Wilkes Booth having merely nicked his now-bandaged scalp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Kelly: What, you just nicked another kid's football?!
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
To test the idea further, the researchers created "nicked" DNA, strands that were interrupted at specific points.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026
He was bang on it and a big reason why Brighton nicked a draw.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
She brought me back to the hut, where with an herbally treated razor blade she nicked two vertical cuts below each of my eyes and then smeared some strange ointment along the cuts.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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