nut
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When the allegations were published in a 2019 book, the Republican billionaire called her a "nut job" and claimed she had fabricated her case.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mike Rigby described the restrictions as "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Sagan has a gig that any sports nut would envy: He basically gets paid to watch games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Interest rates on CDs were probably looking pretty good at the time, so you put the whole nut in at once and let it ride.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Chica was grazing for seaweed, but she stopped to play a very lazy game of coconut soccer—though it was more like catch, because nobody could be bothered to wrestle for the nut.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
It drives a lot of people nuts, but I don’t mind it, it’s quite entertaining, especially when the “injured” player realizes nobody cares and pops right up again, Lazarus-style, and rejoins the action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Benedict, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, had asthma and a number of allergies, including eggs, nuts and milk.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
But in a perverse way, I’m glad he said it, even though it’s completely nuts and not remotely supported by precedent or the Constitution.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Rudolph explained that the exhibit’s hardware, including its bolts and nuts, are unique and extremely specialized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The pixies must be going nuts with all that gold.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"What comes next is the execution risk. There's a lot of details still to be nutted out."
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Before even making it to the next left, we were pulled over by the PO-PO, who then called for back up and nutted up on us with an additional 6 cop cars!
From Time Magazine Archive
They are that already—and it's patent-lock nutted throughout, and the engine is that new kind that interlocks.
From The Motormaniacs by Osbourne, Lloyd
BST14:17 58 min: Bordeaux reply by going close themselves, Saivet nutting the ball into the sidenetting after racing in front of Liverpool defenders to meet a corner at the near post.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015
This was slapstick stuff and Houghton delivered the perfect punchline by nutting the ball into net from 12 yards.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
When the Zuni men had their wives and children established on the nutting grounds they returned to their fields.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We’ll help!” added Flossie and Freddie, deserting 86 the pine-needle slide for the joys of nutting.
From The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp by Hope, Laura Lee
My family and a few friends expect to visit Wickeecheokee Farm this week-end and enjoy a nutting party in the woods.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
