knot
Example Sentences
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Roughly a third of Americans who have tied the knot said their first marriage ended in divorce, according to a Pew Research Center report that uses 2023 data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
"I'm not going to tell you everything I'm telling them, but the Strait is the knot of this crisis and it needs to be unknotted. This is costing us all," he told me.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
‘There is no clean analog for a disruption of this size moving through such a strategically vital artery, with multiple state actors, military uncertainty and global energy infrastructure all tied into the same risk knot.’
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
This work is ethereal, and maybe something solid will create a knot.’
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
A terrible anxious knot was twisting back in his chest.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Vocabulary lists containing knot
"A Night to Remember," Vocabulary from the history writing
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"A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord
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"Coal" by Audre Lorde
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