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stabbing

[stab-ing] / ˈstæb ɪŋ /


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Plus, the U.A.E is investigating whether the cockpit stabbing on a FlyDubai flight was a terror plot and Americans are buying smaller cars as gas prices bite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those faulty messages can produce shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

"It is like a stabbing pain, a very very heavy stabbing pain," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The New York Police Department said it would not increase security specifically at Penn Station because of Sunday's stabbing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

It was hissing with malice, stabbing its head forward as it waddled heavily up the shore, and the beak snapped and clacked.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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