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
You can think of this threshold as settings on a control knob.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
"This means that phosphate scarcity is the primary control knob for methane production and emissions in the open ocean," Weber says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026
There, with a few quick turns of the focus knob, she was able to bring the tender, moonlit eye of a calf into close-up view.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
"For engineering any type of tissue, it's known that these are knobs you can tune," Raman says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
There is a traditional steering wheel, knobs and levers, while the screens consist of so-called organic light-emitting diodes, which don’t require backlighting, to create a more analog feel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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
There are no knobs to be found; doors open with hidden latches and levers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
The tall thin stalks of cane resemble bamboo: They have a woody bark marked off with knobs.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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
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