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The Five-Pocket Tote has classic denim details such as belt loops, shank buttons and bar tack stitching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

He said he did not see a handle and compared its appearance to an improvised prison shank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

I love lamb and Golden Fleece has a selection, including lamb chops and a lamb shank on their grill menu, as well as ground lamb kebabs, gyros, and souvlaki.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025

A wild drive on the seventh and a shank out of a bunker at the next opened up the tournament.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024

Resting on an upturned crate or school desk would be the shank of a horse or a side of dog or cat, a box of salt, a licorice stick, an onion, a potato or two.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

He lines up the drop-goal - and shanks it.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

The agnolotti right now is filled with a farce made from the pork shanks we have from the weekly hog delivery.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024

That hilling up promotes leeks with longer white shanks.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

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

“Minho’s right. You shanks go out and get Runnin’.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

And Scott, although he didn’t have to make any tackles, shanked a punt 20 yards down the right sideline from the Chargers’ 9-yard line, setting up a 29-yard Rams touchdown drive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

In a nervy start to the tie-break, Gauff shanked a second-serve return wide before snatching a backhand volley into the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

They’d responded to the opening Hawkeye score with a sloppy three-and-out series, followed by a shanked punt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

The Canadian claimed the ball had hit the frame of Draper's racket and then the floor on match point, saying his opponent "shanked it on the floor", though the umpire disagreed.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

The first time a World Cup game was played in the U.S., the opening ceremony featured Oprah Winfrey tumbling off a stage and Diana Ross shanking a penalty shot several yards wide of the goal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

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