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tat

[tat] / tæt /




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"It was definitely tit for tat and definitely a game of momentum swinging," said centre Jones.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Part of that healing process will involve leaning into the humor tat Dodd imbues in his delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

He praised Powell’s avoidance of engaging in tit for tat with the president.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

“The concern for the public and for representative democracy is that you’re going to have a lot of tit for tat moving forward,” Skelley told Salon.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025

If it isn't tat from Taiwan, I paid far too much for something I'll only use twice.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

He is tatted, burly, and often dressed in black, with just enough gray in his beard to scan as learned.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026

In his “6:16 in LA,” Mr. Lamar mentions the pizza restaurant Lucali, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn: “My visa, passport tatted, I show up in Ibiza, Lucalis dwellings in Brooklyn just to book me some pizza.”

From New York Times ● May 6, 2024

However, I am married to a woman who loves that place so much that she wants to get the logo tatted on her thigh.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023

They dress hip, they wear sneakers, they’re tatted and they’re more transparent, honestly, about their lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

Tablecloths and nightgowns with the lace tatted by hand bring in high bids.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Thousands of young women were given an education and a portable skill, their equipment — tatting shuttle, thread, needles, crochet hooks — small enough to fit in a pocket, and take to America.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2016

From the outside it's kind of amusing to think of you as a prisoner in your own home as your mother-in-law takes over the porch with her tatting and smoking.

From Slate ● May 29, 2013

Or as the milestone is better known in body-art circles, tatting 300.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2012

Last year has to be one of the worst episodes of senatorial tatting in history.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2012

I mastered the art of crocheting and tatting, and there was a lifetime’s supply of dainty doilies that would never be used in sacheted dresser drawers.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou


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