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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneecap
Verb
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The Giants haven’t had a 30-homer hitter in a single season since Bonds smacked 45 in 2004.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2025
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In testing with a dozen real-world examples of ransomware, Bitdefender smacked down all but one.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2025
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl will hit streaming on Friday, July 4, making its linear debut on HBO on Monday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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If approved, the settlement would be among the largest in a wave of lawsuits over the past decade as governments and others sought to hold drugmakers, wholesalers and pharmacies accountable for the opioid epidemic that started rising in the years after OxyContin hit the market in 1996.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Fortune,
18 June 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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The plainness of the text there has a certain force — there are times where whacking a theme with a big hammer is the best course of action.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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One pitch later, Pete Alonso whacked a hanging curveball from Knack for a two-run homer.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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Now, instead of customers belting out their favorite songs at Friday karaoke, the establishment is shuttered while city officials prepare for a day of widespread protests against Trump administration policies Saturday.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Araujo belted her first career home run, a two-out, two-run round-tripper to left field which proved to be the difference to advance the Bears (18-8) to their second state final in the last four seasons with a narrow 3-2 win over the Warriors (15-9).—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
12 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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These nimble vehicles are built to precise specs, and capturing racing footage from the driver's point of view isn't as simple as slapping a GoPro on and calling it a day.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
16 June 2025
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The experience was shared on Reddit, where the passenger detailed how the person seated behind him, in first class nonetheless, repeatedly tapped and slapped the person's head and hat to awaken him to help retrieve a lost earbud.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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The conflict entered its seventh day on Thursday, with Iran launching a strike that hit a major hospital in Israel, injuring at least 240 people and causing extensive damage.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The plane broke apart, killing all six people onboard and injuring eight people on the ground.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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“Kneecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kneecap. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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