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Recent Examples of conk
Noun
That’s what the slick dude with the conk and the blue Pontiac says to Elwood, who is hitching a ride to get to college.—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024 Everybody had a new car and a conk.—New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 The spectral and the barely discernible devotions become manifest as Holy Ghost, though also borne in Malcolm X’s stance and the Godfather of Soul’s conk.—Saidiya Hartman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023 This is a fungal conk, probably from the genus Ganoderma, although that’s not my field of expertise.—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 8 Oct. 2020
Verb
Could there be any truth to the fan theory that Greg was hiding on the boat when Tanya killed Quentin and his minions, then fatally conked herself in the head while escaping?—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025 River was saved, in a sense, by getting conked in the back of his head, which took him away from the clutches of Hugo Weaving’s Frank Harkness and into the clutches of Natasha (Coralie Audret), who’s anxious to know what brought him into town.—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024 According to rumors, a blazing row on the terrace of their hotel – the San Domenico Palace – ended when Taylor conked Burton on the head with a mandolin.—John Bleasdale, Variety, 18 June 2023 The engine might conk out.—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021 His team had sputtered and whirred to life only to conk out in spectacular fashion.—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2021 While some little ones conk out as soon as the engine starts, others have a difficult time being in the car for hours—or any time at all.—Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 26 Oct. 2020 Why would a woman who has only a stun gun for protection get involved with large amounts of cash and shady strangers, any of whom could simply conk her on the head and rob her?—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 And Venetia, Lady Digby, on Her Deathbed, by Van Dyck, is about to conk off.—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Feb. 2022
As anyone who's ever seen a mouse navigate a maze knows, the animals are often used in studies to understand the way in which brains function.
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Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
29 Dec. 2024
Ode to Lucy’s Pelvis Adrienne Gruber O wondrous one, your bipedal swag, terrestrial locomotion,
partial appendages revealed, brain a soft sponge, size
of an acorn, still waiting for that growth spurt
3.2 million years later.
Its blunt snout extends nearly 30% of its disc width, while its tail (which tapers smoothly) can grow to more than twice the size of its body!
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
This alfresco version brings minimal disruption to the coupé’s slinky silhouette, whose shapely snout is accentuated by the cabin’s surprisingly close proximity to the rear axle.
Rattan appears in just the stool and card table, while complementary materials like raffia, caning, and jute help anchor the room with a neutral foundation.
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Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
Furnishings vary from room to room, featuring different styles of settees, including some made from caning and wicker materials.
Image Image Outside, a whiteboard listed who speared each sturgeon and their weights and lengths.
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Brian Kaiser,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Packages of cucumbers—that had been either chopped, sliced, or speared—had initially been recalled last month amid fears they may be contaminated with the potentially deadly food poising bug.
Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.
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Timothy Ryback,
TIME,
26 Apr. 2024
Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.
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