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hook

[hook] / hʊk /




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"You know, the regulator's off the hook, the operator's off the hook, the manufacturer's off the hook. And that's why you have to push back against it so hard."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But the belated potential dumping of Mr. Khan shouldn’t let the ICC off the hook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But because they did that, it gave the judge a hook to say, We’re not going to be a party to it.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Galaxy also isn’t on the hook for expensive AI chips.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The garden shed, with the bananas still on their hook, had been lifted right over the wall and dropped neatly in the middle of the bamboo grove.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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