knife
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“As a boy, I’d start weeping. And boys don’t cry; I’d blubber. I couldn’t help it — it was like a knife going into me. And my father said, ‘What’s the matter with you?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Use only a light dusting of flour, cut with a sharp knife and handle the dough as little as possible.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Digwa said he carried the blade as part of his Sikh faith, though the Sikh Federation said the blade he used was not a religious knife, known as a kirpan.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Women should think twice before succumbing to the charm of all these Instagram beauties and going under the knife."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
‘Nothing,’ said Torak, eyeing the jagged bone knife at the Raven Leader’s belt.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Handheld multitools are a great item to keep on hand, with many options featuring various knives, bottle openers, screwdrivers, and even scissors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
His custom-built cutlery bins, meanwhile, are exactly proportional to the length of his spoons and knives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Why did he keep a box of knives under his bed?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
His mother, Lisa Petrie, has called for tougher bail restrictions for those accused of inflicting serious injuries with knives.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Mom came over to me where I was setting the table and she took a handful of forks and set them out as I placed the knives.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
A blocks-long motorcade glides along freeways closed to traffic and knifes through city streets cleared specially for her path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to Kilburn police station in north west London, Mr Sunak said there was "no reason" why such knifes should be on the streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
Take Can a woman win the election: a sly, mean, ego-saving little canard that knifes both its subject and its verb in order to spare the real actor here.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2020
I picture her crumpling into the nearest chair the way one sometimes does when bad news knifes through that thin veil of hope mixed with denial.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
The fluorescent light knifes me in the eyes, and the smell of pies and sauce makes me want to vomit.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Rickea Jackson, with her wiry strength and burst, knifed past defenders as Dearica Hamby mixed bruising post work with feather-soft finishes and Azurá Stevens — the most versatile of the bunch — filled every gap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025
An aching knee couldn’t slow Claude, either, as he knifed through the lane with ease Tuesday, exploding for 10 first-half points before dialing it back after halftime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
He pointed his arms to the clear spring sky, knifed by the vapor trails of passing airplanes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
The setting sun seems to set the ocean ablaze, while to its left, the tossing slaver appears to be swallowed up by a knifed spray of white.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Below the Wheel Tower, they made a wide turn and knifed through the churning water.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
In their first game playing as Hoop Nation against Donda Academy on Friday night, he added a new dimension to the Huskies’ offense with knifing drives into the paint and a soft midrange touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
Van Lith, whose first basket came on a knifing drive for a layup with 1:43 left in the second quarter, had two jumpers blocked by Beal and three turnovers in the first half.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
The 66-year-old president was taken to the Sao Paulo hospital for treatment relating to an obstructed intestine following the 2018 knifing.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2021
He scored 22 points and had seven assists in 19 minutes before halftime, knifing through the paint and juking Washington defenders as if on skates with his repaired Achilles’ tendon.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2021
In profile, with pumping thighs and knifing arms, we cut through the shin-whipping grass.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
