shiv

Example Sentences

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This feels like a shiv aimed at Cassidy: The website undermines the claim that vaccines don’t cause autism and says the language remains only because of the promise Kennedy gave to Cassidy and no other.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Sharp as a shiv but wickedly playful, Nick Harkaway's near-future noir sends Cal Sounder, an all too human detective, into the realm of literal giants.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

So to be betrayed by someone he took under his wing is the deepest shiv someone could stick in him, especially on a Starfleet mission.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

In “The Playboy of the Western World,” audiences gain access to a long-standing Irish tradition of playwrights with a yen for the dramatic shiv.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

“There are leaks and then there are people using the press to shiv each other in the ribs,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2017