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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a shiv" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to something being used as a weapon or tool, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "He felt vulnerable, as a shiv, in the midst of the heated argument."
Alternatives: "like a knife" or "as a weapon".
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Hailing the release as a landmark, Greg Kot, music critic of The Chicago Tribune, called the artist "as ominous as a shiv in a back alley, exposing the brutal politics of race relations".
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The monkeys immunized with SHIV-TNF were partly protected against a pathogenic SHIV (SHIV-C2/1) challenge.
With Gmail as a proof of concept, Google Docs as a tactical shiv into the Office gut, and Firefox as the wedge to keep IE pinned down, the stage was set for the first clone of Google's cloud-as-a-service: Amazon Web Services.
In a dilapidated cellblock, we staged a sketch in which Jordan, as Lil Wayne, was repeatedly stabbed with a shiv by an inmate, played by Keegan.
He does play a Shiv devotee.
No one had a shiv in his boots.
Is it true that he plays a Shiv devotee?
Hillary Clinton doesn't have a shiv hidden in her pantsuit.
The boys tooled me up with a shiv.
The underworld found it an ideal recruiting ground for its foot soldiers, as did the Shiv Sena.
All he knew was that there were bound to be clashes of personality, especially between two people as different as Shiv and Naina.
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