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Recent Examples of knee
Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
In the meantime, the Nuggets have been pleasantly surprised by Jokic’s progress rehabbing from his knee injury, team sources told the Post.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Watkins is sitting out this season at USC while recovering from a knee injury.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The Raptors were missing three starters, ruling out Jakob Poeltl (back), Brandon Ingram (thumb) and Scottie Barnes (knee).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Place your knee on a workout bench or a stable surface of a similar height.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
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After hitting the three free throws, TCU threw an inbounds pass out of bounds with one second left.—
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The layout features a full page for notes on the left and, to the right, two days per page with horizontal space for tasks.—
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The two would often butt heads as Basil attempted to keep his latest mishap from her attention.—
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Miller recalled the hyper-active youths bouncing off the walls, throwing pillows and looking for any chance to compete, which inevitably led to them butting heads.—
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The Honda moves forward, turning to the right.—
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Costco would add one right-in/right-out turn on Idaho 55, another on Hill Road, and a new roundabout on Hill Road, the traffic analysis said.—
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Bolstering that pair — or, even better, the second pair, and bumping down rookie Axel Sandin-Pellikka to the third — would go a long way toward solidifying the blue line.—
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Pending toxicology test results in 180 other cases will likely bump the total up more.—
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The property was built on the site of an old steam locomotive roundhouse, and the original semi-circular stone wall runs through the new building.—
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Following a software update, the G1 recently performed side flips and has demonstrated kung fu-style moves, including punches, sweeping kicks, and roundhouse strikes.—
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Bad Bunny kicked things off in October, and subsequent episodes have been hosted by Amy Poehler, Sabrina Carpenter, Miles Teller, Nikki Glaser, Glen Powell, Melissa McCarthy and Josh O'Connor.—
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Hudson’s performance kicks into a surprising dramatic gear, the actress’s playful Milwaukee accent settling into a relatively somber key, grappling with dreams dashed.—
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Mahomes threw a red zone interception that went 99 yards the other way for the biggest swing of a Week 5 road defeat to the Jaguars that the Chiefs dominated statistically.—
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Advertisement Marcos Falcone, a policy analyst focusing on Latin America at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, says that the swing in the market response is because, essentially, not much has changed.—
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Though none of the celebrity moms in question have publicly spoken about the drama, earlier this week, Koma, whom has also produced several of Duff's songs in the past, shared a meme to his Instagram Story jabbing Tisdale French's piece in The Cut.—
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As Webster repeatedly jabbed his finger, Rathbun met it with his left hand, as if trying to swat him away.—
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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