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yoke

[yohk] / yoʊk /




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But it also eases their yoke over the long haul.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The event involves a deadlift ladder - four deadlift bars in a row – a 136kg shield carry, a 280kg yoke carried across the back, and reps with a 90kg wooden log.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

“Megalopolis” isn’t well-served by synopses that call it a “city poem” or yoke its wild ambitions to ancient Rome’s power struggles or municipal intrigue.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

The “Texas is back!” meme has hung like a yoke on the Bevo steer mascot since 2016.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.

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




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