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Recent Examples of knee
Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
In the meantime, the Nuggets have been pleasantly surprised by Jokic’s progress rehabbing from his knee injury, team sources told the Post.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Watkins is sitting out this season at USC while recovering from a knee injury.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The Raptors were missing three starters, ruling out Jakob Poeltl (back), Brandon Ingram (thumb) and Scottie Barnes (knee).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Place your knee on a workout bench or a stable surface of a similar height.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
In the meantime, the Nuggets have been pleasantly surprised by Jokic’s progress rehabbing from his knee injury, team sources told the Post.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Watkins is sitting out this season at USC while recovering from a knee injury.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The Raptors were missing three starters, ruling out Jakob Poeltl (back), Brandon Ingram (thumb) and Scottie Barnes (knee).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
Noun
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There’s guys coming from the left, the right.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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To the right, flat ground fronted a creek; to the left rose steep woodland.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Get a co-parenting app and tell her mother to butt the hell out.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
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Council leaders may be more combative to Hogsett The new council leadership may, however, prove more willing than their predecessors to butt heads with Mayor Joe Hogsett.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The Honda moves forward, turning to the right.—
Devon Lum,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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Costco would add one right-in/right-out turn on Idaho 55, another on Hill Road, and a new roundabout on Hill Road, the traffic analysis said.—
Rose Evans
January 8,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Last week, Deutsche Bank bumped its price target for the stock to $375 from $360.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Christopher Hayes,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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Cardman should have launched last year but was bumped to make room on the way down for NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were stuck nearly a year at the space station because of Boeing’s capsule problems.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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Well, the roundhouse kicks are pretty crisp.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Bad Bunny kicked things off in October, and subsequent episodes have been hosted by Amy Poehler, Sabrina Carpenter, Miles Teller, Nikki Glaser, Glen Powell, Melissa McCarthy and Josh O'Connor.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hudson’s performance kicks into a surprising dramatic gear, the actress’s playful Milwaukee accent settling into a relatively somber key, grappling with dreams dashed.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mahomes threw a red zone interception that went 99 yards the other way for the biggest swing of a Week 5 road defeat to the Jaguars that the Chiefs dominated statistically.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Marcos Falcone, a policy analyst focusing on Latin America at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, says that the swing in the market response is because, essentially, not much has changed.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But the Aztecs had a counterpunch for every Cowboys jab – a Miles Byrd drive that drew two free throws, a jump hook off the glass from Pharaoh Compton, a 3 from Magoon Gwath, a 3 from Taj DeGourville , a jumper in traffic from Dixon-Waters.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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Others stuck flagpoles through an open passenger-side window, appearing to jab the suspect.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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