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Sign up There's the nub of it, said Aggie MacKenzie in the Daily Express.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Dec. 2024
And what’s up with these weird tufts of hair that seem to be sprouting in the small of her back, or what appears to be the nub of a tail where her backbone ends?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
And the pursuit of such an agreement as the nub of the United States’ Middle East policy has served only to destabilize the region and to put U.S. interests there at risk.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2020
In its first months, the conflict restored to the world’s consciousness the Palestinians’ aspiration to a nation of their own, the nub of their conflict with Israel.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
But Epic’s points get to the nub of the issue—there is no middle ground between Google’s (or Apple’s or Samsung’s) official stores, and the unregulated danger zone from unscrutinized apps, promoted by phishing and smishing attacks, carrying dangerous payloads.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Tanner suggests imagining the shape of an eight with the center being the nub, and then running a finger along this path.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024
Instead, Tanner suggests layering the natural folds of your labia over the nub to massage it indirectly.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024
And that is the nub of the problem for many of my clients.
—Peter Accettura, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Dec. 2024
And what’s up with these weird tufts of hair that seem to be sprouting in the small of her back, or what appears to be the nub of a tail where her backbone ends?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
And the pursuit of such an agreement as the nub of the United States’ Middle East policy has served only to destabilize the region and to put U.S. interests there at risk.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2020
In its first months, the conflict restored to the world’s consciousness the Palestinians’ aspiration to a nation of their own, the nub of their conflict with Israel.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
But Epic’s points get to the nub of the issue—there is no middle ground between Google’s (or Apple’s or Samsung’s) official stores, and the unregulated danger zone from unscrutinized apps, promoted by phishing and smishing attacks, carrying dangerous payloads.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Tanner suggests imagining the shape of an eight with the center being the nub, and then running a finger along this path.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024
Instead, Tanner suggests layering the natural folds of your labia over the nub to massage it indirectly.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024
And that is the nub of the problem for many of my clients.
—Peter Accettura, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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“The nub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20nub. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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