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as in jab
a quick thrust please stop giving the cat pokes while it's trying to sleep

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chiefly Southern & Midland

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Recent Examples of poke
Noun
As fall deepens, common colds and the flu are spreading, but one poke can help protect your health. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2024 Hadley was even penalized a point during the fight for two eye pokes. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
Late-night talk show hosts poked fun at the ordeal. Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025 The hip hop star poked fun at the then-rumors that Trump planned to run for president. Shannon Power, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for poke 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poke
Verb
  • What stands out in photos taken in the arena is that the cameras really protrude, perhaps emphasized by the phone’s thin profile.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Here are some of the latest discoveries: Family spots wood sticking out of sand dune — and finds historic item in New Zealand In New Zealand, a family stumbled upon a piece of wood protruding from a sand dune, which turned out to be a historic artifact.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Reddit won’t interfere Ars Technica reached out to Reddit for a response to X bans and whether such bans could be interpreted as breaking any of Reddit’s rules.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
  • And one thing that could help Republicans win future elections is to interfere in what should be the nonpartisan administration and certification of elections.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Emma Corrin — who plays Anna Harding, best friend to Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter — had to film a scene covered in rats that crawled on their bare chest.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The investigators will lay out a grid at the scene, typically with string, and literally crawl around on their hands and knees in search of footprints or other clues.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • The project, known as Stargate, dragged the OpenAI chief into a new feud with his A.I. archnemesis, Elon Musk, and caused friction with an important ally, Microsoft.
    Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The deputies dragged Payne across the floor, according to the complaint.
    Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In today’s episode, Wesley sits down with Linda to discuss the health risks of relaxers, the hair icons that messed them both up and the culture surrounding hair relaxing that keeps people using these products.
    Linda Villarosa Paula Szuchman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Giving users more control is great as long as there's not too much potential to mess things up.
    Paul Monckton, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Plan to linger over natural wine and a mix of market-fresh plates as the music slowly shifts, turning the venue into a bit more of a party as the day goes on.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On top of triggering radical change, this powerhouse transit is shedding light on what’s been lingering beneath the surface, leaving us with no choice but to embrace the transformation that is ahead.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Mortgage rates have crept back over 7% to start the new year in a potentially troublesome development for the housing market that has struggled under the weight of higher interest rates for two years that have priced people out of the market and slowed sales to 20-year lows.
    Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The drama creeps in gradually, like a gray poison slowly infecting the air.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The open fields doctrine has long aggravated farmers and ranchers, who are unable to keep law enforcement from snooping on their livestock, crops and pasture.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Install strong antivirus protection on all your new devices The best way to ensure that your devices are protected and that no one is snooping around on your data or browsing history is by purchasing antivirus software.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Poke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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