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Imagine it like this: It is late in the evening of April 15, 1865, and Abraham Lincoln has survived an assassination attempt, the bullet aimed by John Wilkes Booth having merely nicked his now-bandaged scalp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Kelly: What, you just nicked another kid's football?!

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

To test the idea further, the researchers created "nicked" DNA, strands that were interrupted at specific points.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

Khawaja had five when he nicked a flaying drive off Josh Tongue to second slip, where Brook shelled a tough chance but one he would expect to take.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Phonograph records, some broken, some only nicked, were strewn about.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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