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Recent Examples of knee
Edward Taguba, Health, 31 Mar. 2025
Neeson allowed middle-age dads everywhere to imagine they, too, could slowly, methodically, kick ass without hurting their knees.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
For a kid who can’t play this season due to a knee injury, junior third baseman/catcher Morgan Reczkiewicz sure is making her presence felt for Oak Forest.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Geoff Sprouse scored 18 points off the bench to lead American, which lost leading scorer Matt Rogers (17.2 points per game) early in the contest to a knee injury.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
These patches appeared on my arms, behind my knees, and on my neck.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
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Turn the control knob to the right to activate the automatic smoothie setting, or hold it down to the left to run the manual blend/pulse mode.—
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The ruling party is looking to cut Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the top earners, according to the left.—
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Phillip Solomon had an unaired 'full emotional breakdown' during Deal or No Deal Island Sometimes players butt heads in the game but then make up and are friendly outside of it.—
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In the game, players control Abby, a soldier caught in the throes of a post-apocalyptic militia and cultish religion who butts heads with co-lead Ellie, leading to ghastly consequences.—
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Bell recently acquired content rights for the Toronto Maple Leafs last September in a 20-year deal.—
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The photographer, quite understandably, sent me close-up images of the painting’s frontal surface, photographed from the right.—
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Rookie Kristian Campbell will start in left field, Jarren Duran will bump over to center field and Wilyer Abreu will start in right.—
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Sammy can hardly pass by my chair in the press box without bumping into it.—
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Over the past two months, videos of the country’s humanoid robots pulling off moves such as bike rides, roundhouse kicks and side flips have blown up the internet, often amplified by state media as a key potential driver of economic growth.—
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The robot executes punches, roundhouse kicks and other complex martial arts techniques, showcasing its enhanced coordination and flexibility.—
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The annual SharonFest, kicking off July 28, is a party with a purpose.—
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Indianapolis kicks off its four-game preseason schedule on Aug. 13 against the Detroit Lions.—
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Cease threw 28 changeups all last season and got one miss on five swings.—
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Recent tariff hikes and isolationist trade policies— not to mention erratic policy swings— threaten to further destabilize food access in already-vulnerable regions.—
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The video shows narwhals using their tusks to jab and stun the fish, which could indicate how narwhals interact with their prey.—
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Lawrence has been so successful for so long at helping entitled rich kids get admitted to Ivy League schools (specifically and exclusively Ivies) that one of them comes back to jab him with a fencing foil.—
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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