toe
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Why not decorate all of our college athletes like stock car drivers, covering them head to toe in logos for banks, tech companies, candies, soft drinks, sunscreens, insurers, hardware stores and ultraprocessed snacks?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The bad news is I've simply run out of time to get myself, and my toe, back into spikes.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
All this happens after Zack turns up with a missing toe, which Anna suspects Max orchestrated.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
But De Ketelaere poked a toe out to knock the ball back to Vanaken, who skipped a shot from about 30 yards past a retreating Ream and into the vacant goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
One gave off the stink of smelly toe shoes the minute it was put in the oven.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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The coming days will include a handful of events that should help keep bond traders on their toes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Darby Mulligan was fresh out of a long-term relationship when she first dipped her toes in the dating pool at age 21.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
While the plot unfolds in a fairly predictable manner, it’s the character of Margarita who keeps us on our toes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
"We have to keep on our toes over how we're going to keep generating that income."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I dropped my gaze as I retreated to the couch, my knit-covered toes stretched toward the stove.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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When war was declared, David recanted his previously strong pro-German views and toed a patriotic line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
In 2018, Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, toed the party line after Beijing shut down ByteDance’s jokes app.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
For the past 50 years, El’Zabar has toed the line between fashion and music, the present and the future, American jazz and West African compositional structure.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
At first, however, she toed the PR line.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
Clare toed the floor in front of him, grateful to find that the appearance of water was, indeed, an illusion.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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I’m not toeing the line for my field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The event, Petito says, does "a really good job of toeing the line... for pushing the advocacy side and not the exploitative side of victims and their families and loved ones".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
During my three weeks covered in glowing sensors, I found myself toeing the line between mindful self-improvement and algorithmic overload.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
When it came to shoes, though, Murkowski showed little interest in toeing Trump’s line.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
“A little,” Jack said, toeing the snowy ground.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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