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Recent Examples of skull
ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Then, an ultrasound midway through pregnancy showed that her baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which the skull fails to develop properly.
—Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
This leaves one big question: Why were people drilling into one another’s skulls 5,000 years ago in the first place?
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018
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Noun
Then, an ultrasound mid-way through pregnancy showed that her baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which the skull fails to develop properly.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Then, an ultrasound midway through pregnancy showed that her baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which the skull fails to develop properly.
—Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
This leaves one big question: Why were people drilling into one another’s skulls 5,000 years ago in the first place?
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skull
Noun
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But with only a partial cranium, there wasn’t much to go on.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
2 Jan. 2026
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The other two craniums were found in 1990.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
Verb
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For example, Google’s state-of-the-art Gemini 3 model was brained on TPUs.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Koffman said people who carry risk factors for cognitive decline or who are particularly concerned about their brain health should speak with their primary care doctors, who can refer them to brain health specialists, like a neurologist.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
21 Nov. 2025
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Mikel Arteta reflected on how his group lived the period between points inexplicably frittered away at Wolves and confidently spearing the heart of their rivals four days later.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Traditional Japanese yakitori calls for spearing chicken seasoned with salt or a soy basting sauce onto bamboo skewers and grilling them over charcoal.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
22 Jan. 2026
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In the last meeting between these teams in early November, Bane beaned Okongwu in the head with the ball after flagrantly fouling him and was ejected from the game.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Detmers came in to face the top of the order and beaned Brandon Nimmo to load the bases for Francisco Lindor, who beat out a double play to score Alvarez, and stole second to put runners on second and third.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Then — and this is important — she gets conked on the head and wakes up in an entirely different movie.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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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
Verb
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Bregman clubbed a solo blast in the fourth inning, the first of back-to-back home runs with Ian Happ.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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This speaks of change still to come and the compelling thought that a tight relationship between the three most senior figures could — and should — make the team better and club richer.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skull. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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