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Recent Examples of knob
Some of the germiest spots at shopping venues include elevator buttons, handrails, escalators, public water fountains, ATMs, shopping carts, door knobs and the restroom, according to WebMD.
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Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Also, the control knobs are on the front of the unit, eliminating the need to reach over hot pots and pans.
—Terri Williams, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
There's a hard button to swap functions between the two and two physical control knobs.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Ascaso, a Spanish company, designed this machine’s counter appeal magnificently, with carbon and stainless steel along with a wooden portafilter handle and steam knob.
—Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Also, the control knobs are on the front of the unit, eliminating the need to reach over hot pots and pans.
—Terri Williams, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
There's a hard button to swap functions between the two and two physical control knobs.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Ascaso, a Spanish company, designed this machine’s counter appeal magnificently, with carbon and stainless steel along with a wooden portafilter handle and steam knob.
—Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knob
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That’s a problem because interest is already swallowing up a greater chunk of the annual federal budget than defense spending.Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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New York is reportedly willing to eat a chunk of his contract to get a deal done.Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Irish sad-boy hunk of Gladiator II and Normal People starred in Streetcar in London in 2023 and is bringing the production to Brooklyn this spring.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the dish can be enjoyed as an appetizer or light dinner when served with a nice hunk of bread.Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Clumped salt can usually be revived by breaking up the clumps.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Witnesses said Brandon was clutching a bloody wad of money, and trying to speak.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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And then there were the practitioners who sneaked wads of cash into the United States at the dance group’s direction.Michael Rothfeld, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.David Williams, National Review, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain.Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Knob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knob. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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