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This is notable because The Wall Street Journal reported in September that private-equity giant Apollo was in talks to buy the hips-and-knee replacement business for $20 billion. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Harrison injured his knee early in the third quarter of last Sunday's 19-17 victory against Philadelphia at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 In the late 1990s, around the same time a severe knee injury snapped his incredible streak of 189 consecutive regular-season games played, Jerry Rice put down permanent roots in the Bay Area. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026 On Saturday, before the Bruins faced Oregon in Eugene, Chesney had his team take a knee in the Autzen Stadium tunnel for one final message. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knee

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On the left, billionaires are regularly invoked as oligarchic overlords whose wealth and influence have helped erode the foundations of democracy.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Sofia Wylie’s Grace stands in the middle of the trio, the girl to her right cheering normally and the girl to her left, Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros) roaring animalistically.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of left

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Sony Pictures Classics picked up worldwide rights during the festival, and the film has since played Toronto’s Discovery program.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Karen Huger is sober, Wendy Osefo is fighting to reclaim her reputation, Tia’s husband is cheating on her, and Ashley Darby remains committed to the sacred constitutional right to be in everybody’s business but her own.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of right

Verb

Being bumped to a relief role required some selflessness from Seymour and Jax — both of whom began the season in the bullpen and were transitioned to the rotation.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026
Cooper went from the active roster to getting bumped down to the practice squad and now off the team entirely in a matter of about 10 days.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of bump

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The pair exchange blows, and LaPenna holds his own for a while before a powerful roundhouse kick sends him across the ring.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026
The man was well known for his tough guy persona and adept skill at roundhouse kicks to the face.

— Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of roundhouse

Verb

All the Washington Commanders needed to do was spike the ball and kick a game-ending field goal in overtime.

— Jake Kauderer, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Coach Lane Kiffin sent out his kicking team, and Scott Starzyk booted the extra point to give them a seven-point lead.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of kick

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Like every Lucy project, there are also swing-for-the-fences samples, of the kinds of old, viral songs that create communities of nostalgic yearners in their YouTube comments.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
While Boyle’s Bankman-Fried seems a little more grounded than his real-life counterpart, Garner’s high-wire swing as Ellison is mesmerizing — her kookiest turn yet in a career of big swings.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of swing

Verb

Then, inside the death house, executioners struggled to find a vein, jabbing Pike with at least seven needles, according to her lawyers, one of whom watched in dismay.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
At the tail end of their time on stage, the former castmates took the opportunity to jab at the Buffy revival’s cancellation earlier this year.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

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