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Recent Examples of nockWhittle a nock at one end of the shaft and a deeper notch at the other end for the point.—Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023 The Vector-Quad cable technology, which uses four cables rather than two, eliminates cam lean and generates straight nock travel.—Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
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Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
13 July 2025
Unlike the grooves of a normal road wheel, its surface is almost completely smooth except for small indents, patterned differently between front and back wheel, which are designed to just slightly roughen the air, encouraging the right level of turbulent flow.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
From what was seen on the fall 2025 runways of Ferragamo to Tom Ford, the opulent, sexy, polished dressing of the ’80s will live large this season—Sabrina is just taking it up a notch with her own super feminine, playful fashion formula.
The bullet casing had the same tool markings – unique individual indentations that guns produce on casings once they have been expended – to a gun used in an unsolved murder in Kentucky in 1998.
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Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
Comfort definitely improved, but performance didn’t always keep pace — there were times when traction suffered, leading to more slipping and, in my opinion, the softer spikes could leave deeper indentations on greens that sometimes-affected putting.
Chantelle kept the energy elevated and joyful while pushing the class to really get their groove on all while including modifications if needed.
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Essence,
Essence,
14 Oct. 2025
The cover display, protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2, showed scratches at level six on the Mohs scale and deeper grooves at level seven, which is standard.
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