stab
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Jair Bolsonaro is serving his sentence under house arrest for health reasons stemming from a stab wound he suffered in 2018 during the campaign in which he was elected president.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
But that’s how we’ve taken the initial stab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The first stab at a post-Stokes team included four frontline seamers – Jofra Archer, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson – supported by the part-time off-breaks of Dan Lawrence.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Pintscher then served as its artist-in-residence, during which he oversaw a stab at the avant-garde.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
We stab the ground, loosening the earth, scooping out mounds with our hands.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Moreover, the occasional stabs at quotable mom-power dialogue feel patronizing, not that the audience for ultraviolent action pictures typically includes a lot of moms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A game of energetic ping-pong unfolded underneath the gallery’s fluorescent light, beams of identification, recollections or stabs of grief bouncing off each piece in the exhibition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
As famously told in concerts around the world as well as in his autobiography, Springsteen worked out the first stabs at “Born to Run” on his guitar while sitting on his bed.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026
Certainly he and his team have given it their all; the time they’ve put in and their stabs at various compromises have been impressive.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024
With a cry of thankfulness, Harry sank to his knees; he was shaking in every limb, his body ached all over, and his breath came in painful stabs.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Smit Machchhar was hailed for his heroism after being stabbed on Flight 1073.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The pilot who was stabbed on an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday has been identified as Indian national Capt Smit Machchhar.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The father of a student who was stabbed to death in the Nottingham attacks has criticised a move by Nottinghamshire Police to promote the senior officer who led the investigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
On his June 2026 song “We Know the Truth,” he rejected allegations connecting him to the killing and said he learned after arriving to perform at the festival that someone had been stabbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
She stabbed a piece of cauliflower, lifted it to her mouth.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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Those faulty messages can produce shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
U.K. officials have rebuffed the criticism, with Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy pointing out that the attacker was British and saying the stabbing had nothing to do with immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
All three men flew from Heathrow Airport to Switzerland just hours after the stabbing on 29 March 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
US tech tycoon Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X and a friend of Vance's, has posted numerous times on the platform about the police response to the stabbing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
“I will use my own needles, thank you very much. Good honest bone. None of your nasty jagged iron things, stabbing you like little slivers of hate.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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