knot
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Seyfried, 40, and Sadoski, 50, tied the knot in a private countryside ceremony in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Boulter and De Minaur tied the knot at a small, private ceremony in England before holding a bigger celebration in Tuscany, Italy, in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 2015, shortly after tying the knot to his second wife, Grace Miguel, he purchased a $3.3 million property above the Sunset Strip.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is borne heavily by spouses and parents, who watch the news with a knot in their stomach, worrying endlessly about the physical safety, mental strain and welfare of their loved ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Her black hair was twisted up in a haphazard knot and the dark circles under her eyes were more pronounced tonight.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Tied Mbeumo in knots as he tried to set up an equaliser.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dense planting forces the trees to grow straight without many branches, reducing knots in lumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
In an accompanying statement, the groups argued the rule changes could immediately harm wildlife including Florida manatees, grizzly bears, salmon and steelhead fish, bird species like rufa red knots and golden-cheeked warblers, and insect pollinators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
The waters are gentle & as I watch the clouds slide by in the sky, it looks like we are making good progress, about 7 knots per hour.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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Shorter cords are also less likely to end up in knotted wads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.
From Salon ● May 25, 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
Yet his discarded idea of knotted structures may still help explain one of the deepest questions in science: why anything in the universe exists at all.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025
Grandpa held up that left arm and dangled the knotted sleeve in his face.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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We host volunteers for dinner and knotting comforters for refugees many Monday evenings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
After the Hornets erased a three-point half-time deficit, knotting the score at 57-57, the Thunder unleashed a 16-1 scoring run to seize a 15-point lead.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
The weaving and knotting is still done by hand, but now computer software handles the design and creation of the talim code.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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
They stood looking at each other, a shared cloud of distress knotting around them.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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