shank

In its more standardized form across the journalism industry, this kind of ethical nihilism has been a rusty shank to the gut of consumer advocacy journalists the last few years.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

The fans probably weren’t expecting a shank, and neither was Scheffler.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

Former world number one Woods carded five birdies and five bogeys, ending the first day in California with a bogey after firing a surprise shank far to the right on the 18th fairway.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

Indented ring shank nails, for example, hold stronger than smooth nails; four-sided roofs are most likely to stay on; and metal hurricane straps help keep roofs attached to walls.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2024

“I wanna know who you are, who this shank girl is, and how you guys know each other.”

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

There was further discussion that the group "ain't fighting small shanks".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Poullard’s, inspired by her travels to Rome, was braised osso buco, or veal shanks, served with polenta, shaved parmesan, crispy fennel and shallots.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

Levine suggests using the mirepoix in braised lamb shanks with shelled peas and lettuce.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023

Twenty-five of the nails were headless and deliberately bent at right angles; the others were complete roundheaded nails with the shanks twisted multiple times.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

The mare jingled the steel shanks of the bit with her grazing, and he remembered the sound of the bells in late November, when the air carried the jingling like snowflakes in the wind.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

That shanked drop-goal as a relative kid, the injury that took him out of the game early a year later, made all the more painful because Scotland won.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

A limping Evans had shanked a late drop-goal and Leinster hung on to win.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

The Bruins went three-and-out and their own punter, Brody Richter, shanked one to midfield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024

The first came when Brody Richter shanked a punt for 16 yards late in the first quarter, allowing the Huskies to take over at UCLA’s 36-yard line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2024

Parallel shanked twist drills are driven by chucks, while taper, shanked ones, are driven by sockets, such as in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

He is more likely to expire on the back nine of a golf course after shanking a par 5 off the tee than any man I’ve ever known.

From Salon ● May 15, 2025

He told reporters on Thursday that he had been suffering with back spasms along with soreness in his surgically repaired leg after uncharacteristically shanking an approach on the 18th.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

Tiger Woods removes twigs near his ball in the rough after shanking his fairway shot on the 18th hole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Whether improperly closing a door or shanking a kick in soccer, our brains tell us when we've made a mistake because these sounds differ from what we expect to hear.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023

The next process is that of shanking, or attaching small metal loops, by which they are fastened to garments.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Charles Peters