nub
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Here, perhaps, we are coming to the nub of the issue, the gap of expectations between the governed and those who seek to govern.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
There lies the nub of the dilemma for Qatar and the five other Gulf states facing the brunt of the backlash from a war they tried to avert through diplomacy.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
But voices were growing for stronger action, saying the monarch was failing to get at the nub of the problem: in the public’s eye, the disgraced prince continues to live…well, like a prince.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Both treatments caused the same dramatic effect: the hyphae elongated much more slowly and with a strange nub shape not found in nature.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
Roz carefully opened the lid and examined its contents: a collection of farming magazines, a pair of leather gloves, a pencil nub.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
She would run her fingers along the pointed nubs of the beans — almost like someone would press prayer beads between their fingertips — and stare at the black-eyed Susans coming up in her backyard.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
Now both colonies — which had slowly spread, with tiny nubs reaching toward filtering sunlight — were being damaged as water temperatures spiked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Huge trees lay on the ground, their stumps reduced to nubs.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Add cubes of cream cheese, nubs of Nutella, a mess of mini-marshmallows — trust your imagination and see what happens.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
I unwrap the cord and slip the yellow plastic headphones over my head, pushing the tiny speaker nubs into my ears.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
