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[stab] / stæb /




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Pintscher then served as its artist-in-residence, during which he oversaw a stab at the avant-garde.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

"When people have been loyal to you, you never stab them in the back."

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Kennedy takes a stab at the salmon cake, brings one bite to his mouth and calls it “amazing.”

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Depending on the species, chelicerae can function as pincers or fangs that grip, pierce, or stab prey.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

I hand one to Emma and stab the straw into mine.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

A game of energetic ping-pong unfolded underneath the gallery’s fluorescent light, beams of identification, recollections or stabs of grief bouncing off each piece in the exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

Certainly he and his team have given it their all; the time they’ve put in and their stabs at various compromises have been impressive.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2024

The brass stabs that open Act I had an almost expressionistic quality — severe, vital, grim — and the ones that closed it were cold, powerful and withholding.

From New York Times Feb. 29, 2024

Over the years, their journey in the game took different paths and it was often accompanied by stabs of envy for the one trying to keep up.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2023

I matched my breathing with my shovel stabs.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

On his June 2026 song “We Know the Truth,” he rejected allegations connecting him to the killing and said he learned after arriving to perform at the festival that someone had been stabbed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

In the four years since her father was fatally stabbed near the entrance of their home in northern Israel, 10-year-old Shireen has carried the burden of grief on her tiny shoulders.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

The watchdog added: "There's also an indication one of the officers may have breached the standard relating to authority, respect and courtesy, for appearing to dismiss Henry saying he had been stabbed."

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The Sheriff’s Department did not make clear whether the deputy who was stabbed also shot the suspect.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

In first period, this one guy has cereal glued all over his clothes, and a plastic knife stabbed through a Froot Loops box on his head.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

I missed my target entirely, stabbing the hunk of hay more than a foot away from the bull’s-eye.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

U.K. officials have rebuffed the criticism, with Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy pointing out that the attacker was British and saying the stabbing had nothing to do with immigration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

The New York Police Department said it would not increase security specifically at Penn Station because of Sunday's stabbing.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

Lauren Buckland, 36, said she gets regular random "stabbing" pains in her uterus, lower back, hip and pelvis.

From BBC May 20, 2026

When I’d remember that the turkey didn’t belong to my family because I didn’t have a family I’d feel that stabbing pain in my chest again and I’d start to cry.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince




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