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jugular

[juhg-yuh-ler, joo-gyuh-] / ˈdʒʌg jə lər, ˈdʒu gjə- /
ADJECTIVE
throaty
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Normal foreign policy considerations regarding conflict with a country of 90 million people situated astride the world’s oil jugular do not come into play.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

“It’s really going for the jugular, and in a major way,” said Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Rather than requiring open brain surgery, it is installed into a person's jugular vein in their neck, then moved up to their brain through a blood vessel.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2025

The Dodgers could have gone for the jugular, and the World Series sweep, against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2024

A pulsing jugular looped lazily down the length of her neck.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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