knob
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The shorter man jerked the knob, but the safe didn’t open.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“If I get hot in my car and want some air conditioning, I just want to turn a knob and have cold air come out,” Doyle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Our framework is essentially like a control knob," says co author Michael Martini, who worked on the project as an Emory postdoctoral fellow and research scientist in Nemenman's group.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
By holding the bat this way, the full weight of the knob drives into the hamate with every swing, slowly destabilizing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
My hands shook so much I could hardly turn the knob.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
Inside, the music continues: Grampy strips the knobs from his gas stove and connects the resulting length of pipe to a teapot’s spout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Door handles, faucet knobs, and flush levers tend to be more contaminated because they are frequently touched, often with unwashed hands.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
This was New Zealand being New Zealand with knobs on.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
He described all the ways the Library was suited for the blind—the routine, the unchanging furniture, the textured knobs and cupboards in the kitchen.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
You’ll discover the fancifully striped Red St. Lawrence from Maine, the sleek Arkansas Black, the ruby Hidden Rose from Oregon, the pearly Yellow Transparent from Russia and several tortured knobbed russets from Sussex, England.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
The knobbed Schwalbes are surprisingly quiet on city roads while offering decent grip on trails — but not as much as you’d get from proper mountain bike tires.
From The Verge ● May 17, 2019
The knobbed ends keep flopping over, needing frequent fixing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2016
Vanessa Torres isn't intimidated by knobbed rails or stylish headgear.
From Time Magazine Archive
His knobbed fingers fluttered among the stars and secret signs of his gown, but he would not help the speaker.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
