How to Use the rub in a Sentence
the rub
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Here's a rub -- here's the rub.
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ABC News,
14 June 2026
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And that is, of course, the rub.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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That was part of the rub with Rizzi.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
5 Nov. 2025
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That’s the rub for the Big Ten.
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Austin Meek,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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But the rub is that the Truck is fairly bare-bones.
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Sara Lacey,
The Drive,
25 June 2026
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For baseball, therein lies some of the rub.
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Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The wings are big, the breading is thick and the rub is a unique salty, cheesy mix.
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Linh Ta,
Axios,
4 Feb. 2025
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Here’s the rub—and there’s often a rub with a release like this.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2024
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As Covid has shown, all of this could change in the the rub of an eye or a small cough.
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Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
11 June 2024
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Let the rub do its magic overnight, then bake for 20 minutes.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Yet, and here’s the rub, actors also see the rise of deepfakes as a chance to cash in.
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WIRED,
18 Oct. 2022
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That’s the rub with every draft class, really.
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Tim Graham,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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But in front of the employees or the investors, ah therein lies the rub.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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That is the rub that’s happening in the debates in meeting rooms.
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Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2024
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Here’s the rub—and this kinda makes things a sticky situation.
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Todd Nordstrom,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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And there’s the rub that Predators so deftly explores.
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Jason Newman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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Ay, there’s the rub, as Hamlet famously said.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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There are a lot of potential egg alternatives, but the rub is that they can’t all be used in the same way or recipes.
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Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
20 Feb. 2025
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Though there is a bit of a splash made about using a sliding scale instead of the low, medium, and high, the rub is still about the same.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Let the meat rest for at least 30 minutes before grilling to allow the rub to penetrate and flavor the meat.
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Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
6 May 2025
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How a developer qualifies is the rub.
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Calmatters,
Mercury News,
12 Aug. 2025
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And that’s the rub — the inmate firefighting program is not roundly negative.
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Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2025
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And that’s the rub with the Heat’s current power rotation – there are no easy answers beyond Bam.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Nov. 2022
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The widespread interest in gen AI has created a massive wave of use cases and experiments—and there’s the rub.
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Byrodney Zemmel,
Fortune,
15 May 2024
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What soothes the rub is having developed a stronger sense of self, which got lost in Fox’s quest for protection and attention via conventional beauty.
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Nicola Dall'asen,
Allure,
19 Aug. 2025
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Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of the rub inside the body cavity and 1/2 teaspoon inside the neck cavity of the chicken.
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Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
13 May 2024
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That's the rub is that a new administration deemed the last administration's regulation not to be legal.
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CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
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But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
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High heat draws out moisture and intensifies watermelon's sweetness, and the rub creates additional caramelization for even deeper flavor notes.
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Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
12 Jan. 2026
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