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Instead, attackers fill the space up to the ceiling, forming what I can only describe as a Dagwood knuckle sandwich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Rory McIlroy says he has no plans "to stop here" after emerging from a white knuckle final round to retain the Masters and match European great Sir Nick Faldo's haul of six major titles.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

This kit includes everything you need to make eight luxurious rolls: two pounds of Maine knuckle and claw meat, eight open-top buns, a half-pint of lemony mayo, and the butter to toast the rolls in.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

“This step up in tensions has created a white knuckle moment for the markets with tech stocks under major pressure,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives wrote to clients on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025

Mandrag was clean-shaven and smooth-faced, with hands stained a half hundred different colors and seemed to be made all of knuckle and bone.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Even in his more civil moments, Ruben's handshakes grind knuckles and his hugs squeeze air from anyone in his grip.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Mr. Ferguson seems less concerned now that the FTC is using its knuckles to chill private speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he said.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

Combatants try to get any edge they can in the contests, which can be painfully hard on the knuckles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

Instead, he pulls his hands out of his pockets and cracks his knuckles.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Yet, when faced with adversity, Adams never knuckled up for any fights on principle, choosing only to take the easiest and most comfortable way out.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025

Asked if it had knuckled on Outman, Marte was sympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2023

Boyd scored midway through the first period, beating Stalock on a shot from the right circle that knuckled off Chicago defenseman Ian Mitchell’s stick.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

When it came, he read the puck and deflected it with the shaft of his stick, then watched as it knuckled past Shesterkin to make it 1-0 at 4:25.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2023

Angry at the thought, Bran knuckled away the tears before they could fall.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Writing for the Sun on Sunday, Starmer described the strategy as "the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation" as the government was "knuckling down" on delivering its election promises.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024

Fowler scored his career-best 43rd point with a goal in the first period on a knuckling shot that threaded a path among three Anaheim teammates.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Hyman scored his second of the night and 11th overall on a 4-on-2 rush, sending a knuckling shot off a Draisaitl set-up past Francouz at 3:55 for a 4-2 lead.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

“Or I had people calling and saying, ‘I just need to talk with you because I’m white knuckling my way through things that I could do before the pandemic.’

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

“No,” came back sourly, “but here you are in the officer’s room with two robots standing guard at the door. That’s not knuckling under, is it?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov