shaft
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Keith David, who plays real-life activist minister Henry H. Garnet, gives a seven-minute speech on education as if he’s performing a Shakespearean monologue, after which he faces down a murderous sheriff like he’s Shaft.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
He went on to become a Grammy and Oscar-winner in his own right, with hits like Shaft and Walk On By.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024
As unthinkable as it now seems, the role of John Shaft, paragon of movie star Black masculinity, was very nearly cast as a white character.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023
He even reprised his role as Shaft in the 2000s Samuel L. Jackson-led reboot of the action film series.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2023
Inside, I stand below the Shaft of the Dead Man.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Vocabulary lists containing shaft
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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