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"It was horrific... just like a stab in the stomach again," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

"Abandon the direct negotiations... Don't be with them and stab us in the back," Qassem said.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

It became a viral sensation, spurring countless inspired products from Crumbl Cookies to Shake Shack desserts as well as major chocolate brands like Lindt and Godiva taking their own stab at the pistachio-filled confection.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

“A diary is an assassin’s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen,” wrote William Soutar, a Scottish poet and diarist, in 1934.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

It felt like the stab of a fat needle.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

Instead, Cregger’s exasperating stabs at humor poke holes in the ubiquitous dread at the core of his story, letting all the air back into the room.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025

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

The brass stabs that open Act I had an almost expressionistic quality — severe, vital, grim — and the ones that closed it were cold, powerful and withholding.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Avoiding the stabs of the banner pole and the swift whiplike slashes of the tail, Basil realized that this was no clumsy rat he faced.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

In the four years since her father was fatally stabbed near the entrance of their home in northern Israel, 10-year-old Shireen has carried the burden of grief on her tiny shoulders.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

In one version circulating, attributed to a source in the VA police, she had already been stabbed by the time she arrived at the VA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Above all, we learn our lessons when we make misjudgments rather than claim we have been stabbed in the back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Bolsonaro has suffered from recurring health issues since being stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign event in 2018.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

As I watched you stacking pieces of cardboard and humming joyfully, the realization stabbed me that even I expected too little of you.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

I missed my target entirely, stabbing the hunk of hay more than a foot away from the bull’s-eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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

Tech tycoon Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, has also posted numerous times on the platform about the police response to the stabbing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The billionaire X owner has posted numerous times on the platform about the police's response to the stabbing, criticising "how heinously Nowak was treated by the police in his dying moments".

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

“No you couldn’t,” Bat said, stabbing the knife into the peanut butter jar.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold