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Definition of kneenext

knee

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verb

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Recent Examples of knee
Noun
Well, the knee would be here and the testicle would be here. Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 June 2026 The Falcons don’t want any live pass rushers muddying the pocket and putting Penix at risk before he’s completely recovered from his knee injury. Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 Ohtani also tested his knee playing catch before the game. Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Shop more gift ideas for dad, including this heated knee massager and the coolest fresh scent in great packaging. Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for knee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
Noun
  • The ball ricocheted off him to his left, where second baseman Santiago Espinal made a last-ditch effort to salvage the play but couldn’t pick up the ball cleanly.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • Labour have, since the 2024 election, lost a number of voters to parties on the liberal-left of the political spectrum, be that the Greens and Liberal Democrats, or Plaid Cymru in Wales and the SNP in Scotland.
    Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Mary might have nothing to do with all that, but Caroline does not see it that way, and the pair continue to butt heads until later in the season.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
  • The raging immovable object will butt up against the cool, collected irresistible force.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The report said witnesses claimed that the airplane lost some altitude before regaining it, then flew at treetop height and turned to the right before disappearing from their view.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
  • During a fight for the ball by New Zealand defender Finn Surman and Iranian forward Shahriyar Moghanlou, the ball spilled toward Ramin Rezaeian, who tapped into the far post from close range on the right to tie things up 1-1 tie in the 32nd minute.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
  • This last concern, which could’ve effectively sabotaged anybody trying to train competing models by quietly bumping them down to less powerful models without their knowledge, proved controversial enough for Anthropic to change its mind.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Recent viral videos of a bot in a clown wig roundhouse kicking a small child, or another dancing bot breaking a spectator’s nose, are testament to that.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 June 2026
  • The main roundhouse that houses the knockout collection of American railroading treasures remains untouched, but parts of the property facing the Pigtown neighborhood are being completely reimagined.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Wood then chested the ball back to Just, who took one touch before kicking the ball in for New Zealand’s first goal in the seventh minute.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
  • No matter where the ball was kicked or passed up and down the field, even after the Saudi’s surprise first half goal, many eyes were on the refs.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • In the fifth inning, Pasquantino grimaced in pain after a swing at the plate.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026
  • So just trying to shorten my swing up and put a good swing on it.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • The threats just keep jabbing at America’s borders.
    Donald G. McNeil Jr, Washington Post, 1 June 2026
  • And now, 44 years on, new generations of Villa fans could also cherish the moment when Buendia’s cross was jabbed in from close range by Morgan Rogers for the third, ensuring every Brummie in Istanbul could relax and soak in the game’s final 30 minutes.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 21 May 2026

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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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