shank
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He said he did not see a handle and compared its appearance to an improvised prison shank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
There, workers methodically dismantle carcasses into primal cuts: chuck, rib, loin, flank, shank.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
“I shank it a decent amount, but never in competition,” Scheffler said.
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
She told the story of a young wolf who had brought the lost girl a shank of meat, and ended the performance with a Kapu-like caper.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Smith himself had two fluffed drop-goal attempts, both uglier shanks than Ford’s effort.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Frontier offers wild game options, including a venison cheese steak, smoked and braised elk shanks and BBQ boar mac and cheese.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
That hilling up promotes leeks with longer white shanks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
In the last decade or so, younger Arab Americans have raised Little Arabia’s profile on social media through photos of falafels, shawarma and lamb shanks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Now he sat back on his spindly shanks.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Team-mate Alex Coles' mind went back to 2017 - Jonathan Davies' shanked kick, Owen Farrell's long pass and Elliot Daly sliding in for another galloping, grandstand finale.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
The Bruins went three-and-out and their own punter, Brody Richter, shanked one to midfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
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
“My back was spasming the last couple holes and it was locking up. I came down and it didn’t move and I presented hosel first and shanked it.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Kind of a stoop shouldered, hollow chested, thin shanked party, too.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford
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
While the rust showed, he also produced some of his vintage shotmaking, especially after shanking his approach on 18.
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
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