nicked
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After that, Joe Root edged a drive and Jordan Cox tentatively nicked off.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
After Jansen nicked off Matt Renshaw and Alex Carey in the same over, he also found the edge of Beau Webster for his fifth Test five-wicket haul.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Three times in the past four seasons, United have gone to Craven Cottage and nicked the win late on, but I can't make a case for that happening.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
She brought me back to the hut, where with an herbally treated razor blade she nicked two vertical cuts below each of my eyes and then smeared some strange ointment along the cuts.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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