hook
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This let numerous defendants out of jail but kept them on the hook for nearly $3 billion in fines and restitution.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Alabama originally sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance in April 2025, alleging the app was engineered to hook young users "just like a sophisticated gambling machine."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Last week, Anthropic rolled out a suite of Claude workflow tools that hook up to platforms run by the likes of Schwab and Vanguard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Policyholders would be on the hook to pay for anything above $500 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
I reached for the first potato and the knife that swung on its hook and began to cut.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
If the banks have their hooks into you so deep that you are paying 20% or more on existing card balances, that may not be you.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Garcia landed two sharp left hooks and, although Benn initially appeared to take the shots well, the champion soon began finding gaps as the Briton charged into range.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It was a punch delivered in Atlanta on Sunday and felt all the way in Washington, smooth and fluid, like one of Sugar Ray Robinson’s left hooks or Muhammad Ali’s left jabs.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
He didn’t like composing radio hooks or fronting a traditional band.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He slid it off the hooks in seconds.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing hook
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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Extended Writing Project, Unit 1
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