stab

The latest discovery to invade my algorithms arrived when Claude took a stab at a tantalizing math problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

She shivered harder and took a stab at whispering, “Håkon?”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

“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

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

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

She holds a thin sword, very much like a long pin, and stabs at the empty air in preparation for an opponent.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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 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

As the footage continues, the officer can be heard asking: "You've been stabbed, whereabouts?" before adding: "Don't think you have, mate."

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

She stabbed the hairpins into her bun with a great deal more ferocity than usual.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

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

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

He’d been stabbing his eggs with his fork, but stopped suddenly, as if eating was getting in the way of thinking.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds