knot
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The former couple, who tied the knot in March 2017, told People that they had been separated for some time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In 1997, the actor and socialite Grace Hightower tied the knot, and they celebrated by picking up a $1.5 million home in Gardiner, N.Y.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
A couple tied the knot in a thrifty-themed wedding with the bride dazzling in a £2 charity shop wedding dress.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A knot digs into the back of my throat.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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The aircraft touched down at 158 knots, or roughly 181 miles an hour, Shin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Tied Mbeumo in knots as he tried to set up an equaliser.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Gignac, who sells other city trash on his website, said he tied some of the items into knots to "hammer home the wedding theme."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
But I would hide a Persian flaw in each one, which was hard because mug rugs aren’t very big and have about seven knots per inch.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The NFC East looks like it’s going to be especially knotted this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
This Safavid-era carpet created for an ancestral shrine in northwest Iran was gifted by J. Paul Getty and is prized for its ornately knotted design featuring lamps and central medallions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Brunson's layup -- after teammate Jose Alvarado's second steal in 20 seconds -- knotted it at 103-103 with 1:26 remaining and Brunson put the Knicks up for good, 105-103, with 29 seconds left.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Any irregular signal was thought to mean the strand had knotted as it moved through the pore.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
Regan was the only one who didn’t look nervous, but I’d been her partner long enough now to know that was a very convincing front and her insides were just as knotted as my own.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A former colleague comes in on the ferry to bring comforter tops for my knotting group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Moments before his arrest in March, with hundreds of police on his doorstep, Mayor Imamoglu calmly carried on knotting his tie, while making a social media video for his supporters.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Dominic Fletcher hit a ground ball to short that his brother, David, couldn’t field despite a diving try, scoring Emmanuel Rivera and knotting the score at 1.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
Settling herself on a wide limb, she leaned back against the trunk, knotting a rope around her so she wouldn’t fall.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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