nicked (at)

past tense of nick (at)

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complained
Verb
  • In an Instagram post on Thursday, Alex O'Keefe said he was put in handcuffs and removed from the train to Connecticut after a White woman complained to a conductor about the way O'Keefe, a Black man, was sitting.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Medical associations and healthcare employers had complained that the fee was prohibitively high for a sector that is already facing labor shortages, especially in rural areas.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Nicked (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nicked%20%28at%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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