shank
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The Five-Pocket Tote has classic denim details such as belt loops, shank buttons and bar tack stitching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He said he did not see a handle and compared its appearance to an improvised prison shank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
There, workers methodically dismantle carcasses into primal cuts: chuck, rib, loin, flank, shank.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
A wild drive on the seventh and a shank out of a bunker at the next opened up the tournament.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
He picked up the chisel again and looked down at it on his lap, his fingers squeezed white around the shank as he waited for the answer.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
There was further discussion that the group "ain't fighting small shanks".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
That hilling up promotes leeks with longer white shanks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Gremolata is traditionally used to garnish Ossobuco alla Milanese — veal shanks braised with vegetables, white wine, and broth — grilled fish or other choices of protein.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
“Our table never just had Vietnamese food — we would have spring rolls with fish sauce and then lamb shanks, Lebanese bread and hummus all on the same table,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
“Minho’s right. You shanks go out and get Runnin’.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
However, he had a rough preseason, in which he showed abysmal tackling effort and shanked a punt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
In a nervy start to the tie-break, Gauff shanked a second-serve return wide before snatching a backhand volley into the net.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
They’d responded to the opening Hawkeye score with a sloppy three-and-out series, followed by a shanked punt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
A limping Evans had shanked a late drop-goal and Leinster hung on to win.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
W. Clark, Manchester, Ind. I claim the arrangement of forked pitman, A G G', bolt, H, screw shanked hook, D, and nuts, F F', or their equivalents, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
He is more likely to expire on the back nine of a golf course after shanking a par 5 off the tee than any man I’ve ever known.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
He told reporters on Thursday that he had been suffering with back spasms along with soreness in his surgically repaired leg after uncharacteristically shanking an approach on the 18th.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
While the rust showed, he also produced some of his vintage shotmaking, especially after shanking his approach on 18.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Whether improperly closing a door or shanking a kick in soccer, our brains tell us when we've made a mistake because these sounds differ from what we expect to hear.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023
The next process is that of shanking, or attaching small metal loops, by which they are fastened to garments.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Charles Peters
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