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knifed

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past tense of knife

as in sliced

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Eli White, starting for the third straight game in place of Rafaela, promptly sliced a single to left, scoring the first two runs.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Shingle ½ small crisp apple (such as Fuji or Gala), very thinly sliced, over cheese, then top with shallots.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026

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After the Giants punched their ticket by sweeping two games from the Ports, Haines confirmed that Flora would take the ball one more time in next week’s best-of-3 series against Lake Elsinore.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
In this case, that means getting a shiner to look like he’s been punched while Kirk tweaks the sensors just enough to put the recovered La’an on the trail of the wrong Kirk.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

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Director James Marcus Haney crafts a propulsive portrait of Ukrainian youth living on a knife’s edge, denied the certainty of a future in a brutal war of aggression thrust upon them by Russia.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Born in Kansas City on March 30 at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Drajten, at 8 pounds, entered the world with a hole in his diaphragm, one that caused his stomach to be thrust up near his lungs, pushing his tiny heart to one side.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

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Better together Industry analysts, experts and insiders have consistently poked holes in the states' argument that the combination of TV networks would create antitrust issues.

— Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
So too were the buildings, including my hotel, which poked through the seven-foot-high snowbanks, looking like an ancient shipwreck covered in shifting sand.

— Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026

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North Carolina Democrats in the state’s House of Representatives cut all ties with one of their candidates running for the state legislature after her past social media posts about violence against Republicans came to light.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
Krohn put in new sprinklers and fire-safety systems after his last renters moved out a few years ago, then cut a hole between the second and third floors, allowing more light and air to filter through what is now a unified owner’s duplex.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

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