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Recent Examples of hank
Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.
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Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.
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Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
If a breeze is blowing, the air fills with the clamoring of jib hanks.
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Joe Kloc,
Harper's magazine,
10 June 2019
Open the other days of the week, the Shaker Store sells hanks of yarn, Shaker seeds, herbal teas, and Shaker brooms.
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Patricia Harris and David Lyon,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 June 2018
One photograph from the era shows a woman standing in a village as two men forcibly restrain her wrists; a third man grabs a hank of her blonde hair, his scissors poised to hack it away.
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Ann Mah,
Time,
6 June 2018
The next morning, the police and Victoria’s parents found articles of the girl’s clothing and a bloody hank of hair on a road near a sand pit in Mahwah.
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David Stout,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2017
The Shaker-style peg rack could hold hanks of yarn.
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Christine Pittel,
House Beautiful,
1 Aug. 2012
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.
—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.
—
Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
If a breeze is blowing, the air fills with the clamoring of jib hanks.
—
Joe Kloc,
Harper's magazine,
10 June 2019
Open the other days of the week, the Shaker Store sells hanks of yarn, Shaker seeds, herbal teas, and Shaker brooms.
—
Patricia Harris and David Lyon,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 June 2018
One photograph from the era shows a woman standing in a village as two men forcibly restrain her wrists; a third man grabs a hank of her blonde hair, his scissors poised to hack it away.
—
Ann Mah,
Time,
6 June 2018
The next morning, the police and Victoria’s parents found articles of the girl’s clothing and a bloody hank of hair on a road near a sand pit in Mahwah.
—
David Stout,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2017
The Shaker-style peg rack could hold hanks of yarn.
—
Christine Pittel,
House Beautiful,
1 Aug. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hank
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Improved athleticism is owed to the restomod’s coil-over suspension, front sway bar, 18-inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport tires, and Baer disc brakes.
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Uncle Funky's Daughter Founded by Renee Morris, Uncle Funky’s Daughter develops clean haircare products that enhance curls, coils, and natural texture.
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If that were to happen, that would be what a death spiral might look like.
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An ascending spiral of social change was rendering structures inherited from the industrial revolution obsolete.
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Visually, the result was a restlessly fluctuating Technicolor whorl.
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Despite fluids’ chaotic math, near-identical whorls and gyres tend to emerge at almost every scale.
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Today, lightning rods can be found on top of skyscrapers around the world, including the iconic spire topping One Liberty Place in Center City.
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Bells rang out over the spire-like rock formations that top Montserrat and the valley below as Leo arrived in a golf cart.
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The twisting barrel easily clamps to hair (without pulling) and gives you long-lasting curls for up to two days.
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As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
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Buffington placed it on a binder and tried to separate the paper’s furls.
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Pirate Yakuza proverbial monkey’s paw furls on providing a thrilling pirate life and crime simulator at the expense of a more coherent or emotional story.
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Inside a historic church on Park Avenue, two dancers clothed in blue-and-pink brocade twirl up and down the aisles to a string-heavy soundtrack.
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The actress, who was styled by Karla Welch, adorned the look with a gold twirl necklace that was also part of the collection and featured on the runway paired with the same dress.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi Germany invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow on June 22, 2026.
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Purchased more than 200 times in the past month, this mini wreath brings a bright pop of yellow to your front door.
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“Hank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hank. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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