knot
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Rob and Michele Reiner’s son Jake Reiner has reportedly tied the knot with fiancée Maria Gilfillan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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
Kelce and Swift tied the knot on 3 July at New York's Madison Square Garden in a star-studded event that was largely kept private.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The couple, both 36, tied the knot over two days of celebrations at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 2 and 3.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
What about tie a rope into a handcuff knot?
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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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
My entire body ached, my muscles in knots and my limbs as stiff as boards.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Think: a jersey dress with knotted ruching in an unexpected shade of green, or leather mules with an inverted heel that makes you look twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
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
Huge knotted roots sprawled in the center of twisting, creeping shadows.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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
Moments before his arrest in March, with hundreds of police on his doorstep, Mayor Imamoglu calmly carried on knotting his tie, while making a social media video for his supporters.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
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
Trotter knotted the tie for him with the kind of assured expertise born of knotting one man’s tie for more than a quarter of a century.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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