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Recent Examples of skull
Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Adria squinted into the side of the director’s skull, bobbing up and down in laughter at the studio man’s inaudible joke, drowned out by the engine’s din.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
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Noun
Sean Curran was a mostly anonymous U.S. Secret Service agent that July day in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a bullet clipped Mr. Trump's ear, coming within inches of his skull.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Adria squinted into the side of the director’s skull, bobbing up and down in laughter at the studio man’s inaudible joke, drowned out by the engine’s din.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skull
Noun
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The cranium was similar to two unusually large skulls found in Xuchang County in Henan province between 2007 and 2014, which had a 1,800-cubic-centimeter (110-cubic-inch) capacity.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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That's where Joseph Keil found a skeleton in a sarcophagus filled with water, but for some reason, Keil only removed the cranium from the tomb before sealing it back up.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
29 Dec. 2024
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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.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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Image Image Outside, a whiteboard listed who speared each sturgeon and their weights and lengths.—
Brian Kaiser,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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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.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Many get beaned by water balloon-wielding children.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
24 July 2024
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Pete Alonso hit a one-out double and Muñoz (1-5) loaded the bases by beaning Mark Vientos and walking DJ Stewart.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2024
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Furnishings vary from room to room, featuring different styles of settees, including some made from caning and wicker materials.—
Lori Weisberg,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The abolitionist Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner was caned nearly to death on the floor of the Senate in 1856.—
Kori Schake,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Apr. 2019
Verb
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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
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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
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Follow more of our reporting on Miami Beach Miami Beach Want to go clubbing in South Beach circa 1993?—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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Most spent the weekend roaming from club to club on Sinners’ Row, returning to their respective districts to worship at temple early Sunday morning.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skull. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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