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Recent Examples of jackknifeThe collision caused the tractor-trailer to jackknife and hit a guardrail.—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 See All Example Sentences for jackknife
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.
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BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.
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.
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Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
6 Apr. 2025
Since then, each Celtics road trip of four games or longer has given way to a similar belly flop at home.
Eddie Segura was unmarked, won a header and powered the ball past Sporting KC goalkeeper John Pulskamp.
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Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2025
After putting relentless pressure on the América defense for most of the second half, Igor Jesus scored on a header off a corner kick by Bouanga to tie the score in the 89th minute.
One of the attackers then proceeded to slit Forde’s throat using a 12-inch dagger as two other assailants stabbed him in the stomach in front of onlookers.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
Haliburton’s heroics drove another dagger into the hearts of Kings fans, many of whom are still agonizing over the February 2022 trade that sent Haliburton to Indiana in exchange for Domantas Sabonis.
This year’s increase would compare with a 0.4% rise in 2024 following drops of 7% and nearly 15% in 2023 and 2022, respectively, from inflated prices during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
The full-length leads during a packed frame of exciting new releases, as this Friday (June 6), includes drops from stars across genres — but none of them can quite compete with Wayne at the moment.
In areas with cool summers, cover the planting area with black plastic and plant the slips through slits in the plastic, which warms the soil and speeds development.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2025
The announce team tried to gaslight viewers by saying the move was more devastating due to the slip.
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