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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pricked
Verb
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On May 5, 1962, sea ice pierced the Quest’s hull, consigning it to a watery grave off the northeast coast of Canada.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024 -
Bake in preheated oven until squash is tender when pierced with a fork, 20 to 25 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Glaser — the host of the 2025 Golden Globe awards — also poked fun at Bündchen’s relationship with jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente during the roast.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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And nobody had to guess the color of his underwear, as his black and gray Tom Ford briefs poked purposefully out from his pants.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
22 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Cops released photos of an unknown assailant on Saturday who punched and slashed a straphanger in the face after an argument inside a Brooklyn subway station last month.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day.—
Rick Stroud,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The artist who would eventually become the voice of a generation was then a 19-year-old college dropout bored with the Midwest and intrigued by the folk music coming out of Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.—
Grant Wong,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Pricked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pricked. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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