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Simon Bennett, a 65-year-old semi-retired writer from Pontefract, shrugs off a suspected case of trench foot as if he had stubbed his toe.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

As Tim Madigan details in The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a black shoeshiner, had stubbed the toe of 17-year-old white elevator operator Sarah Page.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2017

“He had stubbed his big toe,” she said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2016

Mr. Recchia said he had stubbed his toe.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2014

"No," answered Silas, more coolly than if he had stubbed his toe.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John