knuckle
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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
"Obviously things change as you move on but we just want to knuckle down."
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 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
She watched the clock on her bedside table, or pressed her face against Dev’s fingers, intertwined with hers, each with its half-dozen hairs at the knuckle.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The vice president’s words sound good — like a rap on the knuckles of the tech billionaires who can’t stop claiming they’re building doomsday devices.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
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
She took a step closer, clutching the gourd so hard she heard two of her knuckles crack.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
With Australia in trouble at 39-4 after Mohammed Siraj had dismissed Sam Konstas and Travis Head in the same over, Webster knuckled down with a determined innings that included six fours.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 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
Once I knuckled down to learn it, it was just another type of acting.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
What cannot be allowed to occur is your in-laws knuckling under to tears.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2019
Woman and chimp walk the perimeter of the yard, Jamie knuckling along inside the fence, Goodrich chatting with her companionably from outside.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
“It was the worst thing that ever happened to us,” she said, her fist knuckling down on the bed with each word.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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