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Recent Examples of kneecap
The decision in January made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent to kneecap our national vaccine schedule — cutting protection against 17 diseases down to 10 — is a dangerous decision that puts anti-vaccine ideology ahead of the well-being of children and families.
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Dr. Rahul K. Parikh, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
Now legal attacks from outside threaten to kneecap it entirely.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
What Wachtell investigators find in their look into the Clippers will determine the future of the franchise, with the possibility that Silver could kneecap it for years to come or that the team and Ballmer could come out untouched.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
These tariffs threaten to kneecap an emerging sector of innovation around the world, that is, for the first time, using traditional startup strategies and pathways to innovate, scale and grow.
—Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Dr. Rahul K. Parikh, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
Now legal attacks from outside threaten to kneecap it entirely.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
What Wachtell investigators find in their look into the Clippers will determine the future of the franchise, with the possibility that Silver could kneecap it for years to come or that the team and Ballmer could come out untouched.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
These tariffs threaten to kneecap an emerging sector of innovation around the world, that is, for the first time, using traditional startup strategies and pathways to innovate, scale and grow.
—Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneecap
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There's one man smack in the middle of it all.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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For the viewer, the satisfaction comes through vicarious tactile sensation—witnessing how the thatch gets smacked in by a flat, hammerlike device, or the way a tile slots perfectly into a shelf niche.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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Israeli strikes hit several towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning local time, killing at least five people, Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported, despite Israel and Hezbollah renewing their truce Friday.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Temperatures are expected to soar on June 22 in parts of Oregon and Washington, possibly hitting 100 degrees in Portland and at least 90 degrees in Seattle.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Wrapping up the selection are the Slovak coming-of-age drama Cowgirl by Michal Blaško (Victim) and Austrian director Sebastian Brauneis’ boxing biography Hansi about Hans Orsolics, which captures 1960s Vienna.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Before finding acting in his late 20s, Moore worked in law firms and boxed professionally for 12 years.—
Nigel Smith,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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Yet interpreting those rules can be almost as challenging as trying to whack the ball toward the flagstick.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
21 June 2026
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Hastings whacked a triple down the right-field line to bring in two runs and give the Diamonds a 3-2 lead.—
Latif Love
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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During the ninth inning of Wednesday's blowout loss to Oklahoma, Bulldogs shortstop Kolby Branch belted a home run in his final collegiate at-bat.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In the fifth inning, belted a second triple off the outfield wall in right.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Snow was falling in Central Florida after a strong arctic front socked the region with three days of bitter cold, along with nearly an inch of snow.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Naturally, Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler socked the first pitch of the sixth inning toward Hoskins and off the left-field wall for a triple.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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The parasite has now been discovered in cattle in south Texas and New Mexico, which prompted Canada to slap bans on live cattle from the region.—
Andrew Muhammad,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Aranda slapped an outside changeup on a line down the leftfield line, and the ball struck the screen on the fair side of foul pole for a three-run homer.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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Police did not reveal the identities of the six on board or the condition of those injured.—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Two teachers were injured after an assault involving a student during dismissal at a Harford County elementary school on Tuesday.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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“Kneecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kneecap. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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