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Recent Examples of knee
David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
The typical rehab period for an ACL tear in an athlete's knee is 9-12 months.
—Jonathan Carone, Parents, 16 Feb. 2026
There was barely any evidence to support either conclusion until last month, when a knee injury caused Jokic to sit out a month, the longest absence of his NBA career.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
Vonn, 41, started the Olympic downhill despite having ruptured the ACL in her left knee just days beforehand.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Chubb is coming off a major bounce-back season after missing his 2024 campaign recovering from a knee injury.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
The typical rehab period for an ACL tear in an athlete's knee is 9-12 months.
—Jonathan Carone, Parents, 16 Feb. 2026
There was barely any evidence to support either conclusion until last month, when a knee injury caused Jokic to sit out a month, the longest absence of his NBA career.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
Vonn, 41, started the Olympic downhill despite having ruptured the ACL in her left knee just days beforehand.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
Noun
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The two-lane outdoor path is shared by pedestrians (on the right) and bicyclists (on the left).—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Savannah, with her sister to her right and her brother to her left, read from a sheet of paper.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Diabate put his head down to butt up against Duren’s forehead after the two slowly crept toward each other and Duren took his right hand and swiped at Diabate.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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That’s not to say the athletes and technicians don’t stubbornly butt heads from time to time.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Raman previously worked at a women’s rights organization formed in the aftermath of the #MeToo movement before becoming a council member.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, Pérez said, ICE has called on local law enforcement agencies to keep members of the public who have a right to monitor or document ICE activities from doing so.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Since each comic scheduled for the night was allocated 10 minutes, Montoya decided to bump a performer and split the four drop-ins into five minutes each — two early on, and the last two at the end of the night.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some items now available at the fest, which began Jan 30, will go away at a predetermined (and published) date, replaced by other items that will, in turn, be bumped for a third option.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Sky backflipped out of Pop Rox and followed up with a roundhouse kick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Maya Mamushi — one of Sayaka’s Harajuku Stars teammates — put her hands on her hips to film a clip for CNN, and, with blue braids whipping around, unleashed a roundhouse kick inches from our photojournalist’s face.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
18 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Paxton began his run for the GOP nomination with a relatively low profile and less spending than Cornyn, but has kicked his campaign into high gear as the primary approaches.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
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Second game Donovan Mitchell took a pass under the net from LeBron James and kicked it out to Fox on the perimeter for the winner.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Last year’s blitz of bills, capping off years of gradual legislative efforts to remove regulatory barriers to building dense housing across California, has, in Wicks’ view, teed up this next big swing.—
Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Risk of turning off swing voters?—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Where Volkanovski is clearly better is at distance, using his technique to kick at Lopes and jab him.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Donalds also used the opportunity to jab at Democratic gubernatorial rivals David Jolly and, particularly, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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