nub
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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
However, a judge ordered the council to re-look at the complaint, saying it had not considered the nub of the matter - whether the fouling constituted a "statutory nuisance".
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
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
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
Now both colonies — which had slowly spread, with tiny nubs reaching toward filtering sunlight — were being damaged as water temperatures spiked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Horns are permanent cores of bone encased in sheaths of keratin, while antlers are bones that grow and are shed seasonally, starting as velvety nubs then sprouting into sharp branches.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
His nubs didn't look like legs at all.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
