by hook or by crook
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Seemingly, all the children of the Valley are being shuttled by their parents toward Stanford, where they will matriculate by hook or by crook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Still, by hook or by crook, I do hope we eventually tear down the decaying rental infrastructure in order to rebuild a rental car system that is several degrees saner than the one we’ve inherited.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2023
Theater may still be a fraud but, by hook or by crook, it’s going to be her fraud.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
They’re in business to make money, and if that means directing players by hook or by crook to the schools they’re invested in, so be it.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2018
Tomorrow, however, would be another story, and I was determined that, by hook or by crook, my friend Bunnicula would eat by sundown the next day.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
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