the rub
Example Sentences
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The beef industry is starting to feel the rub of government workforce reductions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
For Slot, who has regularly insisted that Liverpool have been unfortunate on many an occasion this season, there was an acceptable that his side had finally got the rub of the green.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
The answer is yes, but there’s the rub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Public-market investors had visibility into the 2000 bubble, but much less today—and there’s the rub.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
They faced each other on the bright beach, astonished at the rub of feeling.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
