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Recent Examples of jackknife
The collision caused the tractor-trailer to jackknife and hit a guardrail.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
And the name of the game is squats: Pistol squats, goblet squats with weight, and jackknife crunches are all part of the usual regimen for Naomi.
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
Nissan says the SUVs have jackknife folding keys that may not stay fully open.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
Some model year 2016 through 2020 Nissan Rogue and 2017 through 2022 Rogue Sports, have jackknife-style keys – the type in which the metal blade of the key flips out from within a plastic key fob.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
And the name of the game is squats: Pistol squats, goblet squats with weight, and jackknife crunches are all part of the usual regimen for Naomi.
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
Nissan says the SUVs have jackknife folding keys that may not stay fully open.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
Some model year 2016 through 2020 Nissan Rogue and 2017 through 2022 Rogue Sports, have jackknife-style keys – the type in which the metal blade of the key flips out from within a plastic key fob.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jackknife
Noun
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While the Swiss Army knife and similar pocketknives were banned after 9/11, in recent years, some policy changes, such as by the FAA, now allow small knives on commercial planes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
Noun
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He belly flopped onto the ice in ecstasy and relief before he was mobbed by his teammates, and then the game stopped to celebrate the greatest goal scorer who ever lived.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
6 Apr. 2025
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Since then, each Celtics road trip of four games or longer has given way to a similar belly flop at home.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The knife was attached to a cable and measured to be seemingly less than an inch away from Cruise’s eyeball.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Two suspects reportedly ran up on the officer, threatened him with a knife and beat him, breaking his orbital bone.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Connecting the case to our motherboard are a power-button lead, an HD Audio header cable for the headset combo jack, a 19-pin USB 3.x for the Type-A ports, and a Gen 2x2 Type-E internal cable for the single Type-C external port.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
31 May 2025
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Prices range from $40,000 to $85,000, depending on mileage and condition, and almost all have had owners whose improvements—from headers and exhausts to removing the battering-ram bumpers and adding a luggage rack—have made the vehicles even better.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
Noun
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And then, to drive the dagger into Michaela even more, Simone walks down the stairs in a stunning pale blue dress that Michaela had made for her.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
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Brunson’s shot — a cold-blooded pull-up three with the season hanging in the balance — was the dagger that sent New York to its third straight second-round appearance.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Rub it with a few drops of oil before putting it away to maintain the nonstick seasoning long term.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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Except for a drop last year to 495 people, deaths of homeless people have risen steadily for at least a decade.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Jennifer Lopez says divorce from Ben Affleck was 'probably the hardest time of my life' The photos, which are not watermarked and show Lopez in an old Hollywood-style fur coat and white slip dress, remain up on her Instagram.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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The photos, which as of Tuesday remained on her Instagram and X with no visible watermark, show her in white fur coat and slip dress, clutching a Chanel purse.—
Julius Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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“Jackknife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jackknife. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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