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nocks

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plural of nock

as in punches

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His legacy will be most remembered for two painful gut punches to Bruins tradition.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Mayer had some early success with her jab, but Cameron increasingly took control as the fight progressed and landed the cleaner punches before hurting Mayer with a right hand in the eighth round.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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There’s nothing more annoying than unsightly indents in your carpet that are suddenly exposed.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
Three years after his departure, the indents of Bob Myers’ fingerprints remain on the Warriors organization due to the compounding mistakes of Dunleavy’s tenure.

— Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026

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Driven by artificial intelligence demand, memory chips are in short supply, pushing prices steadily higher and triggering explosive profit growth for Micron.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
In the short run, the massive investment in AI data centers is contributing to higher inflation, driving up the cost of construction and memory chips.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

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Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Always use clean, sharp snips or pruners and clean them with a bit of rubbing alcohol between plants to avoid spreading any diseases.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

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Dents and nicks that are deep enough that they can’t be ground down with a sharpener or grinder indicate that the mower blade has reached the end of its useable life.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 24 July 2026
Its irregularities, grooves, nicks, and pockmarks heightened, rather than disturbed, the tranquillity of the space.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

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