knot
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The former “Good Morning America” anchors tied the knot in a private Arkansas ceremony back in September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
It was this reputation that appealed to Patryk and Angelika, both 27, who travelled from north-west England to tie the knot there.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Barely a week after tying the knot with Taylor Swift in July, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was back at work inside Johnny O’s Gymnasium in Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Shortly after tying the knot, the pair welcomed their first child, daughter Nina.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
A knot digs into the back of my throat.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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The plane decelerates rapidly from a ground speed of 598 knots to 390 knots in 45 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
They can reach 60 knots, about 70 miles an hour, creating high danger during attempted interceptions by the few law enforcement vessels that can keep pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
These leaked Libyan intelligence documents contain information that could potentially put an end to the doubt, theories and countertheories that have tied so many, including me, in knots.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Instead, they’re frozen in their grown-up strangeness, Dad picking at his nails and Aunt Melissa tying her dish towel into knots.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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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
Charlie opens a ghost kitchen and insists on being called “chef,” his apron knotted tight like he’s about to sear duck breast instead of, say, boil milksteak.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
My stomach got all knotted up and I shivered a little like I was having a cold chill.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
They did it again the seventh, knotting the score at 4-4 on Hernández’s pinch-hit home run.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
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
He picked up his wrapper and tied it around his body, knotting it at his waist.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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