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Recent Examples of elbowImmediately after the Sharks killed his elbowing penalty, Barclay Goodrow came out of the box, retrieved a puck that had been cleared out of the San Jose zone, and found Cardwell, whose backhand shot from in close went off the post before Schmid covered the puck.—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025 The ex-staffer, who quit in August, said he was punched, elbowed or kicked by youth over 10 times and reported three or four assaults to police.—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025 It was designed to keep guests on their feet, sipping cocktails and socializing elbow to elbow.—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025 Mario elbowed me into a small windbreak.—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elbow
Freeman took rookie Chad Patrick deep for the first Dodgers run, and his teammates squeezed a second run out of Brewers closer Abner Uribe in the ninth.
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Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
Nara announced the cute name in a post on her Instagram showing little Fawnie curled up in soft blankets, along with a video clip squeezing her tiny hand.
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