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Depending on the species, chelicerae can function as pincers or fangs that grip, pierce, or stab prey.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Adopting a psychedelic-rock aesthetic, “Casket” was another stab at optimism; Brock wanted to create something intentionally upbeat to sweeten the sour, post-pandemic mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Reed's stunning equaliser clinched him top prize, ahead of team-mate Harry Wilson's outside-of-the-boot stab against Crystal Palace, and Rayan Cherki's mazy run and finish for Manchester City against Arsenal.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Exquadrum took a stab at fundraising on its own, but found investors uninterested in a weapons lab toiling away since the early aughts, and sought acquisition offers from a dozen suitors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

I felt a sharp stab of curiosity, as if I had just read a terrible newspaper headline about somebody else.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

“If you have a friend that stabs you in the back, that’s the way it was with what I had been taught about history,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Urchin” is energetic and filled with life: funny asides, tiny joys, stabs of recognition and flourishes of visual psychedelia.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

The Heritage Orchestra, led by Ben Foster, added new flourishes to her back catalogue, with funky stabs of brass punctuating Pretty Please, and Maria gaining a playful Mariachi vibe.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024

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

Pain stabs my stomach when I see him.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

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

In the bodycam footage, a police officer can be heard asking Nowak: "You've been stabbed, whereabouts?" before adding: "Don't think you have, mate."

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 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

“He licked some off that stick I stabbed the dragon with.”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

And Musk has repeatedly criticised the police response to Nowak's stabbing on his social platform X.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

“Get this one,” Ernie said, stabbing at a gross mound, still stinky.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds