shank
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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
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
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
His shank was behind some eucalyptus trees that frame the right side of the fairway.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
When but two meals remained, she made up her mind to tell Amaroq she wanted a whole shank of caribou.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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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
But under pressure from the defender, Brewster shanks his shot well wide.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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
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A series of unforced errors and a double fault saw Gauff drop serve early on in a one-sided first set, and she shanked a forehand wide when handed the chance to break back.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
If not, it will be the biggest miss since Diana Ross shanked her try from the penalty spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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
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
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