jugular
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Normal foreign policy considerations regarding conflict with a country of 90 million people situated astride the world’s oil jugular do not come into play.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
“It’s really going for the jugular, and in a major way,” said Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, a Washington think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Against the Aztecs, Terry’s mindset was to frame the ball, trying not to do too much, but going for the jugular.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025
Rather than requiring open brain surgery, it is installed into a person's jugular vein in their neck, then moved up to their brain through a blood vessel.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
To do it properly I know I have to wait to spring efficiently, intensely, in such a way as to get to the jugular of the whole thing in one or two swipes.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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