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Recent Examples of kneecap
By killing off existing clean energy tax incentives, Congress would kneecap our ability to build new power generation fast enough to meet soaring energy demand.
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Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
After the effort failed, Beach was kneecapped—stripped of a Senate committee chairmanship and challenged in his role as the executive director of the North Fulton Community Improvement District—until Donald Trump’s return to power.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
Cutting staff and potentially pulling ocean sensors out of the water will kneecap forecasters and scientists at the worst time, experts said.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Manufacturers can scramble to set up separate production chains in each country, but this will kneecap efficiency.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
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Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
After the effort failed, Beach was kneecapped—stripped of a Senate committee chairmanship and challenged in his role as the executive director of the North Fulton Community Improvement District—until Donald Trump’s return to power.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
Cutting staff and potentially pulling ocean sensors out of the water will kneecap forecasters and scientists at the worst time, experts said.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Manufacturers can scramble to set up separate production chains in each country, but this will kneecap efficiency.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kneecap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneecap
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Anyone who attended the National Restaurant Show in Chicago last month was smacked in the face at booth after booth by a single agenda wrought from desperation: how to harness technology to find ways to use fewer human workers.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Please Tony, stop smacking your lips after every sentence.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Bregman hit 11 home runs in 226 plate appearances, a rate of one every 20.5 at bats.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Earlier, in the fourth, Chisholm hit his fourth homer in his last five games.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 July 2025
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After my books had been boxed up for three years during various moves and travel, finally getting to unpack them in Baton Rouge felt like meeting old friends.—
Jack Barlow,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
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Gottheimer with a confounding TV ad that used AI to portray him boxing with Trump, Spiller with a $35 million spend from his union, dwarfing every other candidate’s war chest.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
9 June 2025
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Corey Perry, who scored with the goalie pulled to send Game 2 into overtime, whacked a loose puck at the blue line through a double screen with 3:13 left.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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Naturally, it was expected that Tony would be the one to whack Richie.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
10 June 2025
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There were no runners on and two outs when Ohtani belted Rockies' reliever Tyler Kinley’s hanging breaking ball 418 feet into the Dodgers' bullpen.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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Adele and Sam Smith may be known for belting out high notes during their performances, just as the legendary Céline Dion is for digging deep to reach her incomparable range.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Eugenio Suárez has socked a league-best 10 homers in his age-33 season.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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But with real estate values surging in recent years, more homeowners around the U.S. are now getting socked with higher property taxes and bumping against the SALT deduction limit, prompting some lawmakers to call for changes to the $10,000 cap.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
22 May 2025
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But, everyone's mostly aware, that many celebrities get five-figure treatments and then launch skincare lines, slapping their names on them.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The product was fresh, the money real, and every A&R man from New York to Memphis knew the formula: Find a pretty face, slap a catchy chorus behind it, and watch the allowances roll in.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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At least 968 civilians were killed and over 4,800 injured.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Clark has been injured and has struggled lately, going just 13-of-47 from three-point territory in her last three games and missing six of the Indiana Fever's 16 games this season.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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“Kneecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kneecap. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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