every nook and cranny
idiom
: every place : everywhere
We searched every nook and cranny.
: every part
He knows every nook and cranny of that engine.
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For years, Salvation Army operated a thrift store in the heart of downtown, filling every nook and cranny in an old retail shop.
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Near the beginning of the night, before Rateliff had boomed his way into every nook and cranny of the X, a couple of softer songs verged on feeling thin.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
In the years after the war -- as Washington’s ideological battle with communism heated up and as the Cold War pushed direct military conflict to the sidelines -- economists and policymakers wove indicators such as GDP into every nook and cranny of economic life and popular culture.
—Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
The unique, uneven bristle pattern is made to give you a deeper clean, easily maneuvering around tricky spots like your nose to get into every nook and cranny.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Near the beginning of the night, before Rateliff had boomed his way into every nook and cranny of the X, a couple of softer songs verged on feeling thin.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
In the years after the war -- as Washington’s ideological battle with communism heated up and as the Cold War pushed direct military conflict to the sidelines -- economists and policymakers wove indicators such as GDP into every nook and cranny of economic life and popular culture.
—Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
The unique, uneven bristle pattern is made to give you a deeper clean, easily maneuvering around tricky spots like your nose to get into every nook and cranny.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Every nook and cranny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20nook%20and%20cranny. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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