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And this is the nub of it: history.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

There lies the nub of the dilemma for Qatar and the five other Gulf states facing the brunt of the backlash from a war they tried to avert through diplomacy.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

But voices were growing for stronger action, saying the monarch was failing to get at the nub of the problem: in the public’s eye, the disgraced prince continues to live…well, like a prince.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

When resting, it appears as a small white nub between their eyes, but when raised, it becomes a hooked, barbed organ covered in teeth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

The man has a scar on his neck on the nub side.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

So instead of grinding my teeth into nubs, I finally embraced my ref rage and tried to explore its contours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

She would run her fingers along the pointed nubs of the beans — almost like someone would press prayer beads between their fingertips — and stare at the black-eyed Susans coming up in her backyard.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023

From specks the size of dust grains to nubs as big as raisins, the farm produces about 1,000 pounds of seeds a year.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

South African ceramist Jabulile Nala casts traditional beer pots whose glistening dark exteriors are embellished with symmetrical arrangements of nubs and gashes, echoing those etched into human skin by some African tribes.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

I was plagued by wake-up-screaming nightmares so bad that I had to wear a mouth guard to keep from grinding my teeth into nubs as I slept.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs