hock
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Markets are likely to expect higher U.K. public spending under Burnham due to his past comments that the U.K. shouldn’t be “in hock to the bond markets,” Deutsche Bank strategists said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
She added that the risk of hock burn "is significantly higher when birds are poorly managed, genetically selected to grow very fast or reared in overcrowded conditions".
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024
The company declined to share its actual hock burn figures but said it had plans in place to publish a full and detailed animal welfare report soon.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024
Then he lifted one of his horse’s front feet, curling it back at the hock.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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The Odyssey
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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