knuckle

In training, he was willing to just knuckle down and work hard.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

An early riser who starts many mornings with knuckle push-ups and stair climbing, Foran, 65, is often at the office by 6 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

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

“I’m going to be six years old in September. I got to stop suck' ing on my knuckle once I’m six,” said Sweetie Pie.

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

But they can try to make sense of what just passed, starting with a primary season that was a strange mix of ennui and white knuckles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

When it looked like my knuckles would punch holes in it, I plopped it down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

"He's getting frustrated. He had a great chance in the previous frame and didn't convert. Those knuckles will be sore, let me tell you."

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 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

He was immensely popular, receiving so many fist bumps as they walked down the halls it was a wonder his knuckles didn’t bleed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

Grealish knuckled down after he and team-mate Phil Foden were warned about their conduct by Guardiola having been pictured on a night out in December 2021.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

Bucky caught my neck in the crook of his elbow and knuckled my hair.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

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

Vancouver added on late in the period when Jake Middleton sent a clearing attempt right to Hughes, whose knuckling shot from the point bounced off the ice and beat Reimer.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

Her weekly “happy Monday!” texts started coming with handwashing tutorials, tips on knuckling vs. pushing elevator buttons, and advice that sounded ludicrous to me at the time: “avoid the general public.”

From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2020

I stopped and clenched my fists, then bent over, knuckling my temples and gritting my teeth.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia