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Recent Examples of knee
Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
The player had knee surgery following injuries to both his left and right ACL in different seasons.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Was her decision to push forward with a severe knee injury a calculated risk or stubborn foolishness?
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
In that race, Vonn tore her ACL in her left knee and the injury threw her participation in these Games into doubt.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Vonn, 41, started the Olympic downhill despite having ruptured the ACL in her left knee just days beforehand.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
The player had knee surgery following injuries to both his left and right ACL in different seasons.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Was her decision to push forward with a severe knee injury a calculated risk or stubborn foolishness?
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
In that race, Vonn tore her ACL in her left knee and the injury threw her participation in these Games into doubt.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
Noun
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The two-lane outdoor path is shared by pedestrians (on the right) and bicyclists (on the left).—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Savannah, with her sister to her right and her brother to her left, read from a sheet of paper.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And the group wants to do something about the noise and parties that have long caused students, community members and the university to butt heads on potential solutions.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2026
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Get a co-parenting app and tell her mother to butt the hell out.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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What does the law require of people who wish to become citizens of the United States and gain the right to vote?—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Wiener is also pushing new legislation — called the No Kings Act — that would allow people in California to sue federal agents for violating their rights.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Since each comic scheduled for the night was allocated 10 minutes, Montoya decided to bump a performer and split the four drop-ins into five minutes each — two early on, and the last two at the end of the night.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some items now available at the fest, which began Jan 30, will go away at a predetermined (and published) date, replaced by other items that will, in turn, be bumped for a third option.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sky backflipped out of Pop Rox and followed up with a roundhouse kick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Maya Mamushi — one of Sayaka’s Harajuku Stars teammates — put her hands on her hips to film a clip for CNN, and, with blue braids whipping around, unleashed a roundhouse kick inches from our photojournalist’s face.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
18 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The week runs officially from February 11 to 16 (though, in typical fashion, Marc Jacobs kicked things off off-schedule with a runway show on Monday night, and Ralph Lauren is hosting another off-calendar runway on Tuesday).—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The defense forced three turnovers, Jason Myers kicked a Super Bowl-record five field goals, and running back Kenneth Walker III rushed for 135 yards to earn most valuable player as the Seahawks finished the season with 10 consecutive victories.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Last year’s blitz of bills, capping off years of gradual legislative efforts to remove regulatory barriers to building dense housing across California, has, in Wicks’ view, teed up this next big swing.—
Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Risk of turning off swing voters?—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Where Volkanovski is clearly better is at distance, using his technique to kick at Lopes and jab him.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Donalds also used the opportunity to jab at Democratic gubernatorial rivals David Jolly and, particularly, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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